Where does “skvamo” come from?
skvamo (Esperanto) comes from French squame, from Old French eschame, from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
skvamo (Esperanto): scale
Ancestry of “skvamo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | squame | scale |
| 2 | Old French | eschame | bench; scale |
| 3 | Latin | squāma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
Words derived from “skvamo”