- scabies (n.)
- skin disease, c.1400, from Latin scabies "mange, itch," from scabere "to scratch," from PIE root *skab- "to scrape, scratch" (cf. Gothic scaban, Old English sceafan "to scrape, shave;" Old Church Slavonic skobli "scraper;" Lithuanian skabus "sharp," skabeti "to cut;" Lettish skabrs "splintery, sharp").