Masculine

froc

Meaning

  1. (masculine) frock (clerical garment)
  2. (broadly, masculine) the clerical profession
  3. (informal, masculine) pants; trousers

Frequency

C1
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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