Where does “skorbut” come from?

skorbut (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Skorbut, from New Latin scorbutus, from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus — scurvy.

skorbut (Serbo-Croatian): scurvy

Definitions

  1. scurvy

Ancestry of “skorbut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSkorbutscurvy
2New Latinscorbutus—
3Frenchscorbutscurvy
4Late Latinscorbutusscurvy
Every word from Late Latin scorbutus →Every word from French scorbut →Every word from New Latin scorbutus →