Where does “scroll” come from?
Scroll comes from Middle English scrowle and scrouwe, from Old French escroe, from Frankish skraudu, from Proto-Germanic skraudō and skraudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- and sek-.
scroll (English): A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed...
Definitions
- A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed...
Ancestry of “scroll”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scrowle | scroll, document, bill |
| 2 | Middle English | scrowe | bill, slip, bit of parchment |
| 3 | Old French | escroe | piece, strip (of something) |
| 4 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |