myEtymology.com: French etymology of scandale

Etymology of the French word scandale

the Old French word scandale

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-

Dutch schandaal, English scandal, French esclandre, German Skandal, Italian scandalo, Lithuanian skandalas, Norwegian skandale, Provençal escandol, Russian скaндaл, Spanish escandalo, Swedish skandal

Word found in Old French