Wordiyoscand
Greekstumbling block, cause of offense, scandal
Variants
scandscandal
About This Root
From Greek skándalon (trap, stumbling block, cause of offense). Originally a biblical term for something that causes someone to sin or stumble morally. In modern English, scandal and scandalous describe public outrage over disgraceful behavior. The original sense of a moral trap has narrowed to mean specifically a public disgrace.