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Where does “scabere” come from?

scabere (Latin) comes from Latin scabo, from Proto-Indo-European skabʰ- — to scratch; to cut, split, form, carve; to hold...

scabere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “scabere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscaboI scratch, scrape, abrade
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskabʰ-to scratch; to cut, split, form, carve; to hold...

Words derived from “scabere”

  • scabrous
  • scabrously
  • scabrousness
  • scabredity
  • scaber
  • scabredo
  • scabro
  • scabrezza
  • scabro
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