Where does “sculptor” come from?
sculptor (Romanian) comes from French sculpteur, from Latin sculptor, 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,...
sculptor (Romanian): sculptor
Definitions
- sculptor
Ancestry of “sculptor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sculpteur | sculptor |
| 2 | Latin | sculptor | stone-cutter, sculptor |
| 3 | Latin | sculpō | to carve, chisel (in stone, metal, or wood) |
| 4 | Latin | exsculpo | I dig out or carve out; I elicit or extort; I... |
| 5 | Latin | scalpo | I scratch; I carve or engrave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel(H)p- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |