Etymology

scarab

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Today it means: A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians. Full definition →

Middle French scarabée ← Latin scarabaeus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscarabaeus“beetle”
  2. Middle French · derived fromscarabée
  3. English todayscarab

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete.

Words from the same roots

Latinscarabaeus all →

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