Where does “scalpare” come from?
scalpare (Italian) comes from Romanian scalpa, from French scalper, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
scalpare (Italian): to scalp
Ancestry of “scalpare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | scalpa | — |
| 2 | French | scalper | to scalp |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
Words derived from “scalpare”