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Where does “scrocco” come from?

scrocco (Italian) comes from Old High German *scurgo, from Old High German scurgen.

scrocco (Italian): scrounging, sponging; click; first-person...

Definitions

  1. scrounging, sponging; click; first-person...

Ancestry of “scrocco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German*scurgo—
2Old High Germanscurgen—

Words derived from “scrocco”

  • escroc
  • escroque
  • escroc
Every word from Old High German scurgen →