English
scrapnel
Blend of scrap (metal) + shrapnel.
Proto-Indo-European *skreb-
Proto-Germanic *skrapōną ‘to scrape, scratch’
Old Norse skrapa ‘to scrape, scratch’
Old Norse skrap
Middle English scrappe
English scrap
Today it means
noun Shrapnel, especially scraps of metal.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scrapnel”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / scrapnel