Etymograph

English

squamate

Squamate comes from Latin squāmātus ‘scaly’, and goes back to squāma ‘scale’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāma‘scale’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāmātus‘scaly’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1982squamate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāma‘scale’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāmātus‘scaly’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1982squamate

Earliest quotation: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music: “The ground here, it seems, is a mecca for…”

Every English word from Latin squāma

Another origin of squamate

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāma‘scale’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāmātus‘scaly’
  3. mul-taxmodernSquamata
  4. Englishtodaysquamate

Today it means

adj Covered in scales.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin squāma / squamate

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