Where does “scabbie” come from?
scabbie (Italian) comes from Italian scabbia, from Late Latin scabia, from Latin scabiēs, from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.
scabbie (Italian): plural of scabbia
Ancestry of “scabbie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scabbia | scabies; Any disease that turns the skin dry and... |
| 2 | Late Latin | scabia | — |
| 3 | Latin | scabiēs | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ies | Used to form an abstract noun, usually from an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yḗh₂s | — |