Where does “scabreux” come from?

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

scabreux (French): indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Definitions

  1. indecent, sleazy, scabrous

Ancestry of “scabreux”, step by step

scabreux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin scabrosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabrosusrough, scabrous
2Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
3Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

via Late Latin scabrosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinscabrosus—

Words derived from “scabreux”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Latin scabō →Every word from Latin scaber →