English
skeletonisation
From skeleton + -isation.
Formed from skeleton + -isation
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- ‘to parch, wither’
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Ancient Greek σκέλλω ‘dry, dry up, make dry, parch’
Ancient Greek σκελετός ‘dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy’
Ancient Greek σκελετόν
New Latin sceleton
English skeleton
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “skeletonisation”. 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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