Masculine
froc
Meaning
- (masculine) frock (clerical garment)
- (broadly, masculine) the clerical profession
- (informal, masculine) pants; trousers
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁɔk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French frocq (“cloth made of coarse wool”), from Old French froc (compare Late Latin hroccus (“frock”)), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc (“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok (“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc (“over-garment, jacket”).
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