scapula的词源

英文词源

scapula (n.)

"shoulder blade," 1570s, Modern Latin, from Late Latin scapula "shoulder," from Latin scapulae (plural) "shoulders, shoulder blades," perhaps originally "spades, shovels," on notion of similar shape, but animal shoulder blades might have been used as scraping tools in primitive times, from PIE *skap-, variant of *skep- "to cut, scrape" (see scabies).

中文词源

scapula：肩胛骨

来自拉丁语 scapula,肩膀，肩胛骨，可能来自 PIE*skep,切，砍，词源同 scape,shape.比喻用 法，由切，砍引申词义切割工具，宽剑，铲子等，后用于指肩胛骨。

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