Etymograph

English

scarious

Scarious comes from French scarieux.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentscarieux1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1838scarious1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scarious
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1838, John Torrey, Asa Gray: “A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentscarieuxWiktionary, English scarious
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1838scariousWiktionary, English scarious. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1838, John Torrey, Asa Gray: “A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in…”

Every English word from French scarieux

Today it means

adj thin, dry, membranous, and not green

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scarious”. 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.

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