Where does “scinco” come from?

scinco (Italian) comes from Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγκος, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος — skink, a kind of lizard.

scinco (Italian): skink

Definitions

  1. skink

Ancestry of “scinco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscincosA kind of lizard, a skink
2Ancient Greekσκίγκος—
3Ancient Greekσκίγγοςskink, a kind of lizard
Every word from Ancient Greek σκίγγος →Every word from Ancient Greek σκίγκος →Every word from Latin scincos →