English
scabbery
From scab + -ery.
Formed from scab + -ery
Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- ‘to cut, split, carve, shape’
Proto-Germanic *skabbaz ‘scab, scabies’
Proto-West Germanic *skabb
Old English sċeabb
Middle English scabb
English scab
Today it means
noun strikebreaking
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scabbery”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / scabbery