Where does “desquamate” come from?

desquamate (English) comes from Latin desquamare, from Latin squama — scale; flake; any item shaped like a scale.

desquamate (English): To shed or peel

Definitions

  1. To shed or peel

Ancestry of “desquamate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindesquamareto scrape the scales off a fish
2Latinsquamascale; flake; any item shaped like a scale
Every word from Latin squama →Every word from Latin desquamare →