scalpelyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[scalpel 词源字典]
scalpel: see sculpture
[scalpel etymology, scalpel origin, 英语词源]
scalpel (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1742, from Latin scalpellum "a surgical knife," diminutive of scalprum "knife, chisel, tool for scraping or cutting," from scalpere "to carve, cut," related to sculpere "to carve," from PIE root *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)).