Etymology

desquamate

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Today it means: To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel. Full definition →

Latin dēsquāmātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdēsquāmātus
  2. English todaydesquamate

First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”).

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