Where does “scabies” come from?

scabies (Latin) comes from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.

Ancestry of “scabies”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	-ies	Used to form an abstract noun, usually from an...
2	Proto-Indo-European	-yḗh₂s	—

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