Where does “escarmouche” come from?
escarmouche (English) comes from French escarmouche, from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche, from Old Italian scaramuccia, from Frankish skirmijan, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.
escarmouche (English): A skirmish
Ancestry of “escarmouche”, step by step