Where does “scalfire” come from?

scalfire (Italian) comes from Late Latin scarificare, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι — to scratch an outline; scratch.

scalfire (Italian): to scratch or graze

Definitions

  1. to scratch or graze

Ancestry of “scalfire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinscarificare—
2Latinscarīfāre—
3Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch

Words derived from “scalfire”

Every word from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι →Every word from Latin scarīfāre →Every word from Late Latin scarificare →