escorpion

See also: escorpión and Escorpión

Old French

Alternative forms

• escorpione, escorpioun, escorpiun, scorpion, scorpioun, scorpiun

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Noun

escorpion oblique singular, m (oblique plural escorpions, nominative singular escorpions, nominative plural escorpion)

1. scorpion (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French:
  • French: scorpion
• Norman: scorpion
• → Middle Dutch: scorpioen
  • Dutch: schorpioen
• → Middle English: scorpioun, schorpion, skorpioun, schorpiun, scorpion, scorpyoun, scarpyn, scorpien, scorpiown
  • English: scorpion
  • → Welsh: sgorpion

References

• “escorpiun”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.
• “scorpiun”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.
• “escorpion”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoɾˈpjon/

Noun

escorpion m (plural escorpiones)

1. scorpion
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. b.

     enbio el nr̃o ſeñor en el pueblo culuebros e eſcorpiones / a qui mordian los iudios los culuebros

     And our Lord sent among the people snakes and scorpions, and here the snakes bit the Jews.

Descendants

• Spanish: escorpión