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Where does “liposculpture” come from?

liposculpture (English) comes from English sculpture, from Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptura, from Latin sculpere, from Latin sculpo, from Latin scalpo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel(H)p- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

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Ancestry of “liposculpture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsculptureA three dimensional work of art created by...
2Middle Englishsculpture—
3Old Frenchsculpture—
4Latinsculpturathe act of cutting out or carving; a sculpture, a...
5Latinsculperepresent active infinitive of sculpō; carve
6LatinsculpoI carve, chisel; I fashion by sculpting, sculpt
7LatinscalpoI scratch; I carve or engrave
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kel(H)p-—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
10Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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