Where does “scabious” come from?

scabious (English) comes from Latin scabiosus, from Latin scabiēs, from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.

scabious (English): having scabs; of or pertaining to scabies; Any of...

Definitions

  1. having scabs; of or pertaining to scabies; Any of...

Ancestry of “scabious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabiosusscabby, scurfy, mangy
2Latinscabiēsroughness, scurf
3Latin-iesUsed to form an abstract noun, usually from an...
4Proto-Indo-European-yḗh₂s—

Words derived from “scabious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s →Every word from Latin -ies →Every word from Latin scabiēs →