Etymology

scapula

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Today it means: Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder. Full definition →

Late Latin scapula
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromscapula“shoulder”
  2. English todayscapula

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.