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Where does “scorbutus” come from?

scorbutus (Latin) comes from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus — scurvy.

scorbutus (Latin): scurvy

Definitions

  1. scurvy

Ancestry of “scorbutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscorbutscurvy
2Late Latinscorbutusscurvy

Words derived from “scorbutus”

  • ascorbic
  • scorbutic
  • antiscorbutic
  • ascorbyl
  • dehydroascorbic
  • dehydroascorbate
  • scorbic
  • scorbuticus
  • скорбут
  • Skorbut
  • скорбут
  • skorbut
  • skorbut
Every word from Late Latin scorbutus →