Where does “σκολίωσις” come from?

σκολίωσις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σκολιός, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

σκολίωσις (Ancient Greek): obliquity, bending

Definitions

  1. obliquity, bending

Ancestry of “σκολίωσις”, step by step

σκολίωσις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek σκολιός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσκολιόςcurved, bent; winding; twisted, tangled
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Ancient Greek σκολιόω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσκολιόωto bend

Words derived from “σκολίωσις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκολιός →