Where does “escamar” come from?

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

escamar (Spanish): to remove the scales from; to make distrustful;...

Definitions

  1. to remove the scales from; to make distrustful;...

Ancestry of “escamar”, step by step

escamar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish escama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescamascale; flake
2Old Spanishescamascale
3Latinsquāmascale (of a fish or reptile)
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Latin desquamare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindesquamareto scrape the scales off a fish
2Latinsquamascale; flake; any item shaped like a scale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Latin squāma →Every word from Old Spanish escama →