escasear

to run low, run short, dwindle; to be in short supply, be scarce, be hard to come by

Etymology tree Spanish escaso Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish escasear From escaso (“scarce”) + -ear.