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

Definitions

  1. plural of scrotum

Ancestry of “scrota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscrotumThe bag of skin and muscle that contains the...
2Latinscrotumscrotum
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scrotum →