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scarifo.

to scratch open, scarify

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[skaˈriː.foː]Classical-Latin[skaˈriː.fo]
  1. to scratch open, scarify

    conjugation-1 · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek σκαρῑφάομαι (skarīpháomai, “to scratch an outline (on the body)”), from σκᾰ́ρῑφος (skắrīphos, “etching, writing”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (the source of Latin scribō).

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