- scar (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French escare "scab," from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara "scab formed after a burn," literally "hearth, fireplace," of unknown origin. English sense probably influenced by Middle English skar (late 14c.) "crack, cut, incision," from Old Norse skarð, related to score. Figurative sense attested from 1580s.
- scar (v.)
- 1550s, from scar (n.). Related: Scarred; scarring.