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Where does “squamula” come from?

squamula (English) comes from Latin squamula, from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

squamula (English): One of the little hypogynous scales found in the...

Definitions

  1. One of the little hypogynous scales found in the...

Ancestry of “squamula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsquamulasmall scales
2Latinsquāma—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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