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Where does “scabreux” come from?

scabreux (French) comes from Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber, from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.

scabreux (French): indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Definitions

  1. indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Ancestry of “scabreux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabrosus—
2Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
3Latinscabō—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-—

Words derived from “scabreux”

  • skabrös
  • scabreus
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