scalpel

/sˈkælpəl/SKAL-puhl

/sˈkælpəl/SKAL-puhl

Meaninga little carver

Common meaning: a surgeon's knife

scalpto scratch, carveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1638 · scan
elsmall-thing ending (French -el)

Journey through time

Latinscalpō, -ere‘to scratch, carve’
Englishscalpel‘a surgeon's knife’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin scalpō ‘to scratch, carve’.

Roots

scalpō, -ere Latin “to scratch, carve”

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