Where does “descuamație” come from?

descuamație (Romanian) comes from English desquamation, from Latin desquamare, from Latin squama — scale; flake; any item shaped like a scale.

descuamație (Romanian): desquamation

Definitions

  1. desquamation

Ancestry of “descuamație”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdesquamationThe shedding of the outer layers of the skin
2Latindesquamareto scrape the scales off a fish
3Latinsquamascale; flake; any item shaped like a scale
Every word from Latin squama →Every word from Latin desquamare →Every word from English desquamation →
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