Where does “fripouille” come from?

fripouille (French) comes from French fripe, from French friper, from Old French frepe, from Latin faluppa — chaff.

fripouille (French): crook

Definitions

  1. crook

Ancestry of “fripouille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfriperag; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchfriperto crumple, crush
3Old Frenchfrepea rag
4Latinfaluppachaff
Every word from Latin faluppa →Every word from Old French frepe →Every word from French friper →