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Where does “スカラベ” come from?

スカラベ (Japanese) comes from French scarabée, from Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

スカラベ (Japanese): a scarab

Definitions

  1. a scarab

Ancestry of “スカラベ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscarabéebeetle
2Middle Frenchscarabéebeetle
3LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
4Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Words derived from “スカラベ”

  • スカラブ
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος →