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Where does “scarafaius” come from?

scarafaius (Latin) comes from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Ancestry of “scarafaius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
2Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
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