scorpioun
Middle English
/skɔrpiˈuːn/
noun
Definitions
- A scorpion or a creature like one.
- Someone who practices deception or lewdness.
- Scorpio as a constellation or zodiacal sign.
- A cord with tied weights used as a weapon.
- (rare) A kind of siege engine.
- (rare) A scorpion's stinger.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French scorpion derived from Latin scorpiō (scorpion) derived from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
σκορπῐ́ος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Scorpio English
- pseudoscorpion English
- scorpiology English
- scorpion English
- scorpionate English
- scorpionfish English
- scorpionfly English
- scorpionism English
- scorpionlike English
- scorpionweed English
- scorpling English
- scorpiō Latin
- scorpiōnem, scorpiō Latin
- scorpione Italian
- scorpion French
- σκορπίος Ancient Greek
- σκορπῐ́ος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- escorpião Portuguese
- sċorpio Old English
- वृश्चिक Sanskrit
- scorpion Old French
- escarapote Galician
- scorpioen Middle Dutch
- scorpion Norman
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 Gothic
- škorpión Slovak
- скрапии Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- escorpion Old Spanish
- scorpïun xno