The story
- Latin · borrowed fromdentiscalpium“toothpick”
- English todaydentiscalp
From Latin dentiscalpium (“toothpick”), from dens (“tooth”) + scalpere (“to scrape”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A toothpick. Full definition →
From Latin dentiscalpium (“toothpick”), from dens (“tooth”) + scalpere (“to scrape”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.