Where does “scrubby” come from?

Scrubby derives from English scrub, which comes from English shrub via Middle French -ie and Latin -ia, -ivus, and -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

scrubby (English): Covered with or consisting of scrub; Inferior in...

Definitions

Covered with or consisting of scrub; Inferior in...

Ancestry of “scrubby”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	-y	Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2	Middle English	-y	Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3	Old English	-iġ	-y, -ic
4	Proto-West Germanic	-g	Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5	Proto-Germanic	-gaz	-y
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

Words derived from “scrubby”

scrubbiness
scrubbily

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →