Where does “scapula” come from?

scapula (Late Latin) comes from Latin scapulae, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kap-.

scapula (Late Latin): shoulder; A shoulder blade, scapula

Definitions

  1. shoulder; A shoulder blade, scapula

Ancestry of “scapula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscapulaeshoulder blades; nominative plural of scapula;...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kap-—

Words derived from “scapula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kap- →Every word from Latin scapulae →