Editing Scar (section)

===Etymology===
First attested in English in the late 14th century, the word ''scar'' derives from a conflation of [[Old French]] ''escharre'', from [[Late Latin]] ''eschara'',<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Deschara eschara], 
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus</ref> which is the [[Latinisation (literature)|Latinisation]] of the [[Greek language|Greek]] ἐσχάρα (''eskhara''), meaning "hearth, fireplace", but in medicine "scab, [[eschar]] on a wound caused by burning or otherwise",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3De%29sxa%2Fra ἐσχάρα], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on perseus</ref><ref name="etymology scar">[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=scar Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> and [[Middle English]] ''skar'' ("cut, crack, incision"), which is from [[Old Norse]] ''skarð'' ("notch, gap").<ref name="etymology scar"/> The conflation helped to form the English meaning. Compare the place name [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] for evolution of ''skarð'' to ''scar''.