scapulae

Meaning

shoulder blades

Concepts

shoulderblade

Translations

العظْمُ الكتِفِيّ

omòplat

Schulterblatt

omo’plati

omoplate

scapola

schouderblad

omoplata

omóplato

escápula

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈska.pʊ.ɫae̯]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skapelā.
Maybe ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kap-, a root common to Ancient Greek σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig, delve”), σκαπάνη (skapánē, “spade, mattock”), Latvian kaplis (“hoe”) and Albanian kep (“to chisel”).