escropulo

The story

1. Latin · derived fromscrūpulus“scruple, nagging doubt, 1/24 uncia”
2. Portuguese · borrowed fromescrópulo
3. English todayescropulo

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese escrópulo, from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1/24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of scruple and escrupulo.

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