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

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

Ancestry of “escasez”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	escaso	scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy,...
2	Vulgar Latin	escarpsus	—
3	Late Latin	excarpsus	rare
4	Latin	excarpere	take out; pluck out
5	Latin	excerpere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
6	Latin	ex	A name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7	Latin	commūnicō	to impart, share
8	Latin	commūnis	common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9	Old Latin	com(m)oinis	—
10	Proto-Italic	kommoinis	common
11	Proto-Indo-European	ḱom-moy-ni-	held in common
12	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
13	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14	Middle English	kyt	—
15	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
16	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
17	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

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