desquamate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”).

Verb

desquamate (third-person singular simple present desquamates, present participle desquamating, simple past and past participle desquamated)

1. (transitive) To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
2. (intransitive) To come off in the form of scales, to scale.

Related terms

• desquamation
• desquamative
• desquamatory
• desquame

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

desquamate

1. inflection of desquamare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

desquamate f pl

1. feminine plural of desquamato