English
scolex
Scolex comes from Ancient Greek σκώληξ ‘worm’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ‘to curve, bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kel-‘to curve, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκώληξ‘worm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859scolex
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kel-‘to curve, bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκώληξ‘worm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859scolex
Earliest quotation: 1859, Robert Bentley Todd: “The head, with the circle of hooklets and the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ‘to curve, bend’
cylinder, colon, chalice, calender, skelly, scoliosis, colic, 16 more
Today it means
noun The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- / scolex