Etymograph

English

shrimpling

From shrimp + -ling.

Formed from shrimp + -ling

Middle English schrimpe ‘shrimp, puny person’

English shrimp

Today it means

noun A young or miniature shrimp.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shrimpling”. 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.

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