English
Scorpio
Scorpio comes from Latin scorpiō ‘scorpion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκορπίοςskorpíos‘scorpion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscorpiō‘scorpion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862Scorpio
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκορπίοςskorpíos‘scorpion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscorpiō‘scorpion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862Scorpio
Earliest quotation: 1862, Frances Rolleston, Mazzaroth: “The Scholiast on Virgil says that anciently there were…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, score, circus, skirt, carnival, scare, circulation, curb, shrine, crest, cancellation, circa, scrutiny, scar, shear, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, coronary, shard, corona, carnal, cirque, riddance, 120 more
Today it means
name Scorpius.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / Scorpio