squamulose

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsquamula“small scales”
2. New Latin · derived fromsquāmulōsus“squamulose”
3. English todaysquamulose

From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.

Words from the same roots