Where does “scabble” come from?

scabble (English) comes from Middle English scaplen, from Old French escapler, from Old French es-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

scabble (English): To roughly dress stone

Definitions

  1. To roughly dress stone

Ancestry of “scabble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscaplen—
2Old Frenchescaplerto dress timber
3Old Frenches-indicates movement away or separation; variant of...
4Latinēx-out, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “scabble”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Old French es- →
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