scoglio

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scoclus, *scoplus, from Classical Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos, “lookout place: hence peak, headland, promontory”). The Italian may have been borrowed from or influenced by a northern Italian language form such as Ligurian. Compare French écueil and Spanish escollo.

Noun

scoglio m (plural scogli)

cliff, rock (in the sea); a reef
(figuratively) difficulty, stumbling block
(computing) bug (in a program)

Descendants

→ Portuguese: escolho

Anagrams

glicoso, sciolgo

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