English
scolopidium
Scolopidium comes from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ ‘stake’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόλοψ‘stake’
- Englishtodayscolopidium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόλοψ‘stake’
- Englishtodayscolopidium
Formed from σκόλοψ ‘stake’ + -idium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to split, separate’
half, skill, shell, shield, skull, shale, shilling, shoal, halter, schilling, halve, shelve, hapa, schelling, 13 more
Today it means
noun The most fundamental unit of a mechanoreceptor organ in insects
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σκόλοψ / scolopidium