The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐσχάρα“hearth, brazier, scab”
- Late Latin · derived fromeschara“scar, scab”
- Middle French · borrowed fromeschare
- English todayeschar
From Middle French eschare (now escarre) or Late Latin eschara (“scar, scab”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”). Doublet of scar.
Words from the same roots
Late Latineschara all →
scar
Ancient Greekἐσχάρα all →
scar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.