Where does “scars” come from?

scars (Middle English) comes from Old Northern French scars.

scars (Middle English): Rare, scarce; not common or widespread

Definitions

  1. Rare, scarce; not common or widespread

Ancestry of “scars”, step by step

scars traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Northern French scars

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchscars—

via Old French escars

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescars—

Words derived from “scars”

Every word from Old Northern French scars →