French

Noun

froc m ‎(plural frocs)

1. frock (clerical garment)
2. (by extension) the clerical profession
3. (informal) pants; trousers

Norman

Noun

froc m ‎(plural frocs)

1. (Guernsey) Alternative form of fro

Old French

Etymology

Frankish *hrokk ‎(“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz ‎(“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz ‎(“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- ‎(“upper clothes, shirt”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roc ‎(“tunic, smock, jersey”) (German Rock), Old Saxon rok ‎(“mantle, jacket”), Old English rocc ‎(“over-garment, jacket”).

Noun

froc m ‎(oblique plural fros, nominative singular fros, nominative plural froc)

1. frock (monk's garment)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (froc, supplement)
• “froc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).