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Where does “escamotable” come from?

escamotable (French) comes from French escamoter, from Occitan escamotar, from Occitan escamar, from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

escamotable (French): retractable

Definitions

  1. retractable

Ancestry of “escamotable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchescamoterto conjure away, to make disappear; to snatch, to...
2Occitanescamotar—
3Occitanescamar—
4Latinsquāma—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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