adjective/eskaˈmoso/
squamous, scaly
Etymology tree Latin squāma Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin squāmōsus Spanish escamoso Inherited from Latin squāmōsus. By surface analysis, escama + -oso. Compare English squamous.