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Where does “skorpió” come from?

skorpió (Hungarian) comes from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίων, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skorpió (Hungarian): scorpion

Definitions

  1. scorpion

Ancestry of “skorpió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscorpioa scorpion; a kind of prickly sea fish, possibly...
2Ancient Greekσκορπίων—
3Ancient Greekσκορπίοςscorpion; scorpionfish; scorpion furze
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skorpió”

  • skorpiók
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