gercer
to chap, become chapped
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒɛʁ.se/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French garser (“to skin, flay”), from Old French garser, jarser (“to gash, wound”), possibly from Late Latin caraxāre, charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαράσσειν (kharássein, “to cut, incise”). Alternatively from Latin *carptiāre, from carpĕre (“to pull, pluck”). Cognate with Galician sarxar and Spanish sajar, both from Old French.
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