English
skeletal
From skeleton + -al.
A compound of skeleton + -al
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- ‘to parch, wither’
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Ancient Greek σκέλλω ‘dry, dry up, make dry, parch’
Ancient Greek σκελετός ‘dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy’
Ancient Greek σκελετόν
New Latin sceleton
English skeleton
Today it means
noun Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / skeletal