- scribble (v.)
- mid-15c., from Medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Related: Scribbled; scribbling. The noun, "hurried or careless writing," is 1570s, from the verb.
- scribbler (n.)
- "petty author," 1550s, agent noun from scribble (v.).