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Where does “scarifier” come from?

scarifier (French) comes from Old French scarifier, from Medieval Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι — to scratch an outline; scratch.

scarifier (French): to scarify

Definitions

  1. to scarify

Ancestry of “scarifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchscarifier—
2Medieval Latinscarificāre—
3Latinscarīfāre—
4Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch

Words derived from “scarifier”

  • scarified
  • scarify
  • scarifier
Every word from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι →