Etymology

From Middle French escrouer, from Middle French escrou ‎(“scroll”), from Old French escroe ‎(“piece, strip of bookfell, schedule”), from Old Frankish *skrōda ‎(“end, flap”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, *skraudaz ‎(“cut, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keru-, *(s)kreu- ‎(“to cut”). Cognate with Middle High German schrōt ‎(“cut, piece”), Middle Dutch schrōde ‎(“cut, piece”), Old English scrēad ‎(“shred, cutting, scrap, a piece cut off, paring”). More at shred.