English
scolopacine
Scolopacine comes from Latin scolopax ‘a snipe’, from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ ‘woodcock’, and ultimately from σκόλοψ ‘pole’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόλοψskólops‘pole’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσκολόπαξskolópax‘woodcock’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscolopax‘a snipe’
- Englishtodayscolopacine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόλοψskólops‘pole’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσκολόπαξskolópax‘woodcock’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscolopax‘a snipe’
- Englishtodayscolopacine
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to split, separate’
half, skill, shell, shield, skull, shale, shilling, shoal, halter, halve, schilling, shelve, schelling, hapa, 13 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σκόλοψ / scolopacine