Where does “scabros” come from?

scabros (Romanian) comes from French scabreux, from Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber, from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

scabros (Romanian): scabrous

Definitions

  1. scabrous

Ancestry of “scabros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscabreuxindecent, sleazy, scabrous
2Latinscabrosusrough, scabrous
3Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
4Latinscabōto scratch, scrape, abrade
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “scabros”

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