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Where does “scarīfāre” come from?

scarīfāre (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι — to scratch an outline; scratch.

Ancestry of “scarīfāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσκαριφᾶσθαιto scratch an outline; scratch
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