Where does “scordatura” come from?
scordatura (English) comes from Italian scordatura, from Italian scordare, from Italian ricordare, from Latin recordor, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
scordatura (English): cross-tuning
Ancestry of “scordatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | scordatura | discord, discordance; scordatura |
| 2 | Italian | scordare | to forget; to put out of tune |
| 3 | Italian | ricordare | to remember, recall, recollect; to remind; to... |
| 4 | Latin | recordor | I call to mind, remember, recall, recollect |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |