Where does “Skorbut” come from?

Skorbut (German) comes from New Latin scorbutus, from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus — scurvy.

Skorbut (German): scurvy

Definitions

  1. scurvy

Ancestry of “Skorbut”, step by step

Skorbut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via New Latin scorbutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinscorbutus—
2Frenchscorbutscurvy
3Late Latinscorbutusscurvy

via Medieval Latin scorbutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinscorbutus—
2Dutchscheurbuikscurvy
3Dutchschoorbuik—

Words derived from “Skorbut”

Every word from Late Latin scorbutus →Every word from French scorbut →Every word from New Latin scorbutus →