Editing Scorpion (section)

==Etymology==

The word ''scorpion'' originated in [[Middle English]] between 1175 and 1225 AD from [[Old French]] ''{{lang|fro|scorpion}}'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorpion |website=[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]], 5th Edition |date=2016 |access-date=7 December 2020 |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/scorpion |archive-date=22 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122213551/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/scorpion |url-status=live }}</ref> or from Italian ''{{Lang|it|scorpione}}'', both derived from the Latin ''{{Lang|la|scorpio}}'', equivalent to ''{{Lang|la|scorpius}}'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorpion |website=Dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scorpion |access-date=7 December 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115230956/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scorpion |url-status=live }}</ref> which is the [[romanization]] of the Greek {{lang|el|[[:wikt:σκορπίος|σκορπίος]]}}&nbsp;– ''{{lang|el|skorpíos}}'',<ref>{{LSJ|skorpi/os|σκορπίος|ref}}.</ref> with no native IE etymology (cfr.  Arabic ''[[:wikt:العقرب|ʕaqrab]]'' 'scorpion', Proto-Germanic ''[[:wikt:crab#Etymology_1|*krabbô]]'' 'crab').