Where does “escroque” come from?
escroque (Portuguese) comes from French escroc, from Italian scrocco, from Old High German *scurgo, from Old High German scurgen.
escroque (Portuguese): crook, swindler
Ancestry of “escroque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | escroc | crook; baddy |
| 2 | Italian | scrocco | scrounging, sponging; click; first-person... |
| 3 | Old High German | *scurgo | — |
| 4 | Old High German | scurgen | — |