The story
- Latin · derived fromsquama“a scale”
- English todaysquamella
Diminutive from Latin squama (“a scale”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsquama all →
squamasquamesquamoid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
squamella
Today it means: A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. Full definition →
Latin squama