Where does “scrimmage” come from?
Scrimmage comes from Old French escarmouche, from Italian scaramuccia, from Italian schermugio, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic skirmiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-.
scrimmage (English): A rough fight; In some team sports, especially...
Definitions
- A rough fight; In some team sports, especially...
Ancestry of “scrimmage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skirmish | A brief battle between small groups, usually part... |
| 2 | Old French | escarmouche | skirmish |
| 3 | Italian | scaramuccia | skirmish; squabble; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | schermugio | — |