Etymology

dentiscalp

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Today it means: A toothpick. Full definition →

Latin dentiscalpium
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromdentiscalpium“toothpick”
  2. English todaydentiscalp

From Latin dentiscalpium (“toothpick”), from dens (“tooth”) + scalpere (“to scrape”).

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