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Where does “scabrosus” come from?

scabrosus (Latin) comes from Latin scaber, from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.

Ancestry of “scabrosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
2Latinscabō—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-—

Words derived from “scabrosus”

  • scabreux
  • skabrös
  • scabreus
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