scrocco

See also: scroccò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskrɔk.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkko
  • Hyphenation: scròc‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old High German *scurgo (attested in Old High German fiurscurgo (“fire-maker, stoker”); modern German Schurke, schüren), from Old High German scurgen, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut, shear”).

Noun

scrocco m (plural scrocchi)

  1. scrounging, sponging
  2. click
Descendants
  • → French: escroc

Verb

scrocco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of scroccare

Further reading
  • Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907): Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana, Volume 1
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