Mannelijk

écrou

Betekenis

Concepten

(Engels)

nut (that fits on a bolt), female screw

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/e.kʁu/

Overgenomen van Middelfrans

Overgenomen van Oudfrans

Overgenomen van Latijn

Verwant aan Occitaans

Verwant aan Siciliaans

Overgenomen van Middelfrans

Verwant aan Middelnederlands

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Verwant aan Engels

In summary

Masculinized form from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrōfa, originally “sow (female pig)”; compare Occitan escrofa (“screw nut”), Sicilian scrufina (“screw nut”). The change in meaning is also found in Spanish puerca, Portuguese porca, both “sow; screw nut”, and is based on the fact that a boar's penis has a screw-like tip, making the sow's vulva equivalent to a screw nut by analogy.