Etymology of the English word scurrilous
the English word
scurriloususing the English suffix
-ousderived from the Latin suffix
-osusderived from the English word
scurrilederived from the Old French word
scurrilederived from the Latin word
scurrilisderived from the Latin word
scurra (fashionable idler, man about town, rake)
Date
The earliest known usage of scurrilous in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
German
skurrilUsage
Word found in Modern English
