scrocco

See also: scroccò

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German scurgo (modern German Schurken, schüren), from Old High German scuren.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔkko

Noun

scrocco m (plural scrocchi)

1. scrounging, sponging
2. click

Descendants

• → French: escroc

Verb

scrocco

1. first-person singular present indicative of scroccare

References

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