English
Scorpion
Scorpion comes from Latin scorpio, 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 BCEσκορπῐ́ος
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscorpio
- Englishearliest quotation 1667Scorpion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκορπῐ́ος
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscorpio
- Englishearliest quotation 1667Scorpion
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, (please specify the page number): “And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, score, curve, circus, skirt, carnival, scare, curb, shrine, circulation, crest, circa, scrutiny, scar, cancellation, shear, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, incarceration, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, coronary, crepe, 120 more
Today it means
name The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpius.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / Scorpion