Where does “scabens” come from?

scabens (Latin) comes from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

scabens (Latin): scratching

Definitions

  1. scratching

Ancestry of “scabens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Latin scabō →
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