Where does “Scolopendrium” come from?

Scolopendrium (Translingual) comes from Latin scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολοπένδριον, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα, from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ, from Ancient Greek σκάλλω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Scolopendrium (Translingual): genus (syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium. Scolopendrium vulgare, Scolopendrium phyllitis, hart's tongue)}}

Definitions

  1. genus (syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium. Scolopendrium vulgare, Scolopendrium phyllitis, hart's tongue)}}

Ancestry of “Scolopendrium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscolopendrium
2Ancient Greekσκολοπένδριονhart's tongue
3Ancient Greekσκολόπενδραmillipede
4Ancient GreekσκόλοψA pale, a stake; a palisade; An instrument for...
5Ancient Greekσκάλλωto stir up, hoe; to search, probe
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-Every word from Ancient Greek σκάλλω