Where does “escroc” come from?

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

escroc (Romanian): crook, swindler

Definitions

  1. crook, swindler

Ancestry of “escroc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchescroccrook; baddy
2Italianscroccoscrounging, sponging; click; first-person...
3Old High German*scurgo—
4Old High Germanscurgen—
Every word from Old High German scurgen →Every word from Old High German *scurgo →Every word from Italian scrocco →