Where does “scabrosus” come from?

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

scabrosus (Latin): rough, scabrous

Definitions

  1. rough, scabrous

Ancestry of “scabrosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
2Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “scabrosus”

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