Where does “scaball” come from?

scaball (Irish) comes from Old Irish scabal, from Late Latin scapula, from Latin scapulae, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kap-.

scaball (Irish): scapular; shoulder-piece; breastplate, cuirass

Definitions

  1. scapular; shoulder-piece; breastplate, cuirass

Ancestry of “scaball”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishscabal—
2Late Latinscapulashoulder; A shoulder blade, scapula
3Latinscapulaeshoulder blades; nominative plural of scapula;...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kap-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kap- →Every word from Latin scapulae →Every word from Late Latin scapula →