escorpion

See also: escorpión and Escorpión

Old French

Noun

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

1. scorpion (animal)

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