- scramble (v.)
- 1580s, perhaps a nasalized variant of scrabble (v.), in its sense of "to struggle, to scrape quickly." Broadcasting sense is attested from 1927. Related: Scrambled; scrambling. Scrambled eggs first recorded 1864.
- scramble (n.)
- 1670s, from scramble (v.). Meaning "rapid take-off" first recorded 1940, R.A.F. slang.