Where does “squame” come from?

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

squame (French): scale

Definitions

  1. scale

Ancestry of “squame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschamebench; scale
2Latinsquāmascale (of a fish or reptile)
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “squame”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Latin squāma →Every word from Old French eschame →
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