The story
- Italian · derived fromscaramuccia
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκώμμαρχος“joke leader”
- Old East Slavic · derived fromскоморохъ
- Russian · borrowed fromскоморох
- English todayskomorokh
Borrowed from Russian скоморох (skomorox), from Old East Slavic скоморохъ (skomoroxŭ), of unknown origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek σκώμμαρχος (skṓmmarkhos, “joke leader”) (σκῶμμα (skômma)+ἀρχός (arkhós)) or from Italian scaramuccia.
Words from the same roots
Italianscaramuccia all →
skirmishscaramouche
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.