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Where does “skabrös” come from?

skabrös (Swedish) comes from French scabreux, from Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber, from Latin scabō, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-.

Ancestry of “skabrös”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscabreuxindecent, sleazy, scabrous
2Latinscabrosus—
3Latinscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy
4Latinscabō—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-—

Words derived from “skabrös”

  • skabrositet
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