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Where does “scârbă” come from?

scârbă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic скръбь, from Proto-Slavic skъrbь.

scârbă (Romanian): disgust, repugnance, aversion, nausea; epithet...

Definitions

  1. disgust, repugnance, aversion, nausea; epithet...

Ancestry of “scârbă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicскръбь—
2Proto-Slavicskъrbь—

Words derived from “scârbă”

  • scârbos
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