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Where does “ascrowe” come from?

ascrowe (Middle English) comes from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

ascrowe (Middle English): escrow

Definitions

  1. escrow

Ancestry of “ascrowe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescroe—
2Latinscrofasow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to turn, curve; to turn , wind; to turn around,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “ascrowe”

  • escrow
  • escrowee
  • nonescrow
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