Where does “scarabée” come from?
scarabée (Middle French) comes from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
scarabée (Middle French): beetle
Ancestry of “scarabée”, step by step
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| 1 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |
Words derived from “scarabée”