Where does “escarvadentes” come from?

escarvadentes (Galician) comes from Galician escarvar, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι — to scratch an outline; scratch.

escarvadentes (Galician): toothpick

Definitions

  1. toothpick

Ancestry of “escarvadentes”, step by step

escarvadentes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician escarvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianescarvarto dig superficially
2Latinscarīfāre—
3Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch

via Galician dentes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciandentesplural of dente; teeth
Every word from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι →Every word from Latin scarīfāre →Every word from Galician escarvar →