Etymograph

English

sapskull

From sap + skull.

A compound of sap + skull

Proto-Indo-European *sap-

Proto-West Germanic *sap ‘sap, juice’

Old English sæp ‘juice, sap’

Middle English sap

English sap

Middle English sculle

English skull

Today it means

noun A stupid person; a saphead.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sapskull”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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