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Where does “skruppel” come from?

skruppel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

skruppel (Norwegian Bokmål): scruple

Definitions

  1. scruple

Ancestry of “skruppel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrūpulus—
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “skruppel”

  • skruppelløs
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