Scallop
/ˈskɒl.əp/noun
A marine bivalve mollusk with a fan-shaped shell, or its shell.
Did you know?Scallop is ultimately tied to the same ancient Germanic root that gave English words for shells and coverings, but its exact path into English was shaped by Old French *escalope*, a word for a shell or shell-like object.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skaljô
“shell, husk, scale”
Old French
OF
escalope
“shell; scallop shell”
Middle English
ME
scallop
“a scallop shell”
Modern English
English
scallop
“a marine bivalve mollusk or its shell”