From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob and sċrybb; akin to Norwegian skrubbe ("the dwarf cornel tree").
From Arabic شِرَاب ("a drink, beverage"), شَرِبَ, akin to syrup, sherbet
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