Where does “scrota” come from?
scrota (English) comes from English scrotum, from Latin scrotum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scrota (English): plural of scrotum
Ancestry of “scrota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scrotum | The bag of skin and muscle that contains the... |
| 2 | Latin | scrotum | scrotum |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |