Where does “skvamulo” come from?

skvamulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto skvamo, from French squame, from Old French eschame, from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

skvamulo (Esperanto): squamate, scale reptile

Definitions

  1. squamate, scale reptile

Ancestry of “skvamulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskvamoscale
2Frenchsquamescale
3Old Frencheschamebench; scale
4Latinsquāmascale (of a fish or reptile)
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Latin squāma →Every word from Old French eschame →