myEtymology.com: French etymology of escandle

Etymology of the French word escandle

the Old French word escandle

derived from the Late Latin word scandalum (temptation, inducement to sin; cause of offense)

derived from the Greek word skandalon, σκάνδαλον

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skand-

Anglo-French slander

Word found in Old French