köken: Borrowed from French bistouri, in turn from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”, see Latin Pistōrium); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades. Doublet of pistoiese.
stinger (a pointed portion of an insect) · scalpel (a small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery) · lancet (a sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument)
köken: Etymology tree Latin scalpō Latin -rum Latin scalprum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin scalpellum From scalprum + -lum (diminutive suffix).
scalpel (knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery)
köken: Etymology tree Latin scalpō Latin -rum Latin scalprum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin scalpellumbor. Slovak skalpel Borrowed from Latin scalpellum.
Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 円 (en, “round”) + 刃 (jin, “blade, edge”) + 刀 (tō, “knife”). Not included in many references.