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Where does “escarabajo” come from?

escarabajo (Spanish) comes from Latin scarabaius, from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

escarabajo (Spanish): beetle

Definitions

  1. beetle

Ancestry of “escarabajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscarabaius—
2LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
3Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Words derived from “escarabajo”

  • escarabajito
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος →