- spatula
[spatula 词源字典]
- spatula: see spade
[spatula etymology, spatula origin, 英语词源] - spatula (n.)
- 1520s (from early 15c. as a type of medical instrument), from Latin spatula "broad piece, spatula," diminutive of spatha "broad, flat tool or weapon," from Greek spathe "broad flat blade (used by weavers)" (see spade (n.1)). Erroneous form spattular is attested from c. 1600.