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Old French
Noun
escorpion oblique singular, m (oblique plural escorpions, nominative singular escorpions, nominative plural escorpion)
- scorpion (animal)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
Noun
escorpion m (plural escorpiones)
- 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