Where does “scaro” come from?

scaro (Italian) comes from Latin scarus, from Ancient Greek σκάρος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scaro (Italian): parrotfish

Definitions

  1. parrotfish

Ancestry of “scaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscarusscar, a kind of fish
2Ancient Greekσκάροςparrotfish
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-
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