Where does “scapula” come from?

Scapula comes from Latin scapula, derived from Proto-Indo-European (s)kap-, a root of uncertain meaning.

scapula (English): Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the...

Definitions

  1. Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the...

Ancestry of “scapula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscapulaA shoulder blade, scapula
2Latinscapulaeshoulder blades; nominative plural of scapula;...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kap-

Words derived from “scapula

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