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Where does “escasez” come from?

escasez (Spanish) comes from Spanish escaso, from Vulgar Latin escarpsus, from Late Latin excarpsus, from Latin excarpere, from Latin excerpere, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

escasez (Spanish): shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness,...

Definitions

  1. shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness,...

Ancestry of “escasez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescasoscarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy,...
2Vulgar Latinescarpsus—
3Late Latinexcarpsusrare
4Latinexcarperetake out; pluck out
5Latinexcerperesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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