scalpo

See also: scalpò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskal.po/
  • Rhymes: -alpo
  • Hyphenation: scàl‧po

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English scalp.

Noun

scalpo m (plural scalpi)

  1. (anatomy) scalp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scalpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of scalpare

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)p- (to split off); compare, in particular, Lithuanian sklem̃bti (to slide off, slide down), Proto-Germanic *skelfō (cliff, shelf, flat surface).[1] The root appears to be a *p-extension of *(s)kelH- (to cut), see there for more. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Verb

scalpō (present infinitive scalpere, perfect active scalpsī, supine scalptum); third conjugation

  1. to scratch (with the nails)
  2. to carve or engrave

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Walloon: schôpyî

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scalpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542

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