Where does “scabie” come from?

scabie (Romanian) comes from Latin scabiēs, from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.

scabie (Romanian): scabies, scab, itch, mange

Definitions

  1. scabies, scab, itch, mange

Ancestry of “scabie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabiēsroughness, scurf
2Latin-iesUsed to form an abstract noun, usually from an...
3Proto-Indo-European-yḗh₂s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s →Every word from Latin -ies →Every word from Latin scabiēs →