Where does “scrowe” come from?

scrowe (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.

scrowe (Middle English): bill, slip, bit of parchment

Definitions

  1. bill, slip, bit of parchment

Ancestry of “scrowe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescroepiece, strip (of something)
2Latinscrofasow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scrowe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ- →