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froc.

frock (clerical garment)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʁɔk/

  1. frock (clerical garment)

    masculine

  2. the clerical profession

    broadly · masculine

  3. pants; trousers

    informal · masculine
Where this word comes from

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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