Etymology of the English word screw
the English word
screwderived from the Old French word
escroederived from the Medieval Latin word
scrofa (sow)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker-Date
The earliest known usage of screw in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
airscrew,
corkscrew,
jackscrew,
screwdriver,
screwed,
screwhead,
screwplate,
screwy,
setscrew,
screwworm,
screwup,
screwingCognates
Dutch
schroef, French
écrou, German
Schraube, Icelandic
skrúfa, Italian
scrofola, Norwegian
skrue, Polish
śruba, Swedish
skruv
