Where does “escroc” come from?
escroc (French) comes from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo, from Old High German scurgen.
escroc (French): crook; baddy
Ancestry of “escroc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | scrocco | scrounging, sponging; click; first-person... |
| 2 | Old High German | *scurgo | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scurgen | — |
Words derived from “escroc”