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

Etymology 2

Verb

scrocco

1. first-person singular present indicative of scroccare

Further reading

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