Where does “scarificare” come from?

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

scarificare (Italian): To scarify

Definitions

  1. To scarify

Ancestry of “scarificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinscarificāre—
2Latinscarīfāre—
3Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch

Words derived from “scarificare”

Every word from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι →Every word from Latin scarīfāre →Every word from Medieval Latin scarificāre →