adjective/eskɾupuˈloso/
scrupulous; qualmish; fussy
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Latin scrūpus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin scrūpulus Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin scrūpulōsusubor. Spanish escrupuloso Unadapted borrowing from Latin scrūpulōsus. By surface analysis, escrúpulo + -oso.