Where does “skeleton” come from?

Skeleton comes from New Latin sceleton, from Ancient Greek σκελετός, from σκελλώ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁-.

skeleton (English): The system that provides support to an organism,...

Definitions

  1. The system that provides support to an organism,...

Ancestry of “skeleton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinsceleton—
2Ancient Greekσκελετόςdried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton
3Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither

Words derived from “skeleton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκελλώ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκελετός →