The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκολόπαξ
- Latin · derived fromscolopax“a snipe”
- English todayscolopacine
From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).
Words from the same roots
Latinscolopax all →
scolopaceous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.