Latin

squāma

‘scale’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin squāma.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin squāma, most familiar first.

• squamous ← squāmōsus
• desquamation ← desquamare
• squama
• esquamulose ← squāmulōsus ← squamula
• escamotage ← escamoter ← escamotar
• squamulose ← squāmulōsus ← squamula
• squame
• squamate ← squāmātus
• squamoid
• squamula
• squamella

Etymograph / Latin squāma