escarnir.
to make fun of, to mock
Meaning & usage
to make fun of, to mock
to scorn
Where this word comes from
Attested since the 13th century as Old Galician-Portuguese escarnir. Either from Gothic (an Italian origin seems unlikely given the early presence and productivity of this family of words in Iberian Romance languages) or from Old French or Occitan; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skirnijan, which could be from *skeran (“to shear”), or possibly related to *skarn (“dung, filth”).
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