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Where does “spoon excavator” come from?

spoon excavator (English) comes from English excavator, from English excavate, from Latin excavātus, from Latin excavō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

spoon excavator (English): A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft...

Definitions

  1. A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft...

Ancestry of “spoon excavator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexcavatorA person who excavates; A curette used to scrape...
2EnglishexcavateTo make a hole in ; to hollow; To remove part of ...
3Latinexcavātus—
4Latinexcavō—
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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