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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianescarvarto dig superficially
2Latinscarīfāre—
3Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch
Every word from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι →