Where does “escarmoucher” come from?
escarmoucher (French) 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.
escarmoucher (French): To skirmish
Ancestry of “escarmoucher”, step by step