The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκόρπαινα“kind of fish”
- Latin · derived fromscorpaena
- English todaysculpin
From earlier scorpene, from Latin scorpaena, from Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina, “kind of fish”), diminutive of σκορπίος (skorpíos). Compare scorpionfish.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.