Where does “sculpture” come from?
sculpture (Latin) comes from Latin sculpturus, from Latin sculpō, from Latin exsculpo, from Latin scalpo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel(H)p-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
sculpture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of sculptūrus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of sculptūrus
Ancestry of “sculpture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sculpturus | about to carve |
| 2 | Latin | sculpō | — |
| 3 | Latin | exsculpo | I dig out or carve out; I elicit or extort; I... |
| 4 | Latin | scalpo | I scratch; I carve or engrave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel(H)p- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |