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Where does “squamoso” come from?

squamoso (Italian) comes from Latin squāmōsus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

squamoso (Italian): scaly, squamous

Definitions

  1. scaly, squamous

Ancestry of “squamoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsquāmōsus—
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “squamoso”

  • squamose
  • squamosa
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →