Where does “scaplen” come from?
scaplen (Middle English) comes from Old French escapler, from Old French es-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
Ancestry of “scaplen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | escapler | to dress timber |
| 2 | Old French | es- | indicates movement away or separation; variant of... |
| 3 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |
Words derived from “scaplen”