Where does “escama” come from?

escama (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish escama, from Latin squāma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

escama (Spanish): scale; flake

Definitions

  1. scale; flake

Ancestry of “escama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishescamascale
2Latinsquāmascale (of a fish or reptile)
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “escama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Latin squāma →Every word from Old Spanish escama →