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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- zodiacal constellation, late 14c., from L. scorpio "scorpion" (see scorpion). The meaning "person born under or ruled by the sign of Scorpio" is recorded from 1968.
- scorpion (n.)
- early 13c., from O.Fr. scorpion, from L. scorpionem (nom. scorpio), extended form of scorpius, from Gk. skorpios "a scorpion," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear). The Spanish alacran "scorpion" is from Arabic al-'aqrab.
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