Latin
scamnum
‘stool, ridge’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin scamnum.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin scamnum, most familiar first.
- shambles ← schamels ← sċeamol ← *skamul ← scamellum
- shamble ← schambyll ← sċeamol ← *skamul ← *skamulaz
- scabellum
- sgabello ← scabellum
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Etymograph / Latin scamnum