scarify

Meaningscratch

Common meaning: make small cuts in a surface or scratch the skin

Journey through time

  1. Latinscarificare‘to scarify, scratch open’source
  2. Frenchscarifier‘to scarifie’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto scarifie → make small cuts in a surface or scratch the skinscarify‘make small cuts in a surface or scratch the skin’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin scarificare ‘scratch’.

Roots

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