Where does “scorrevole” come from?
scorrevole (English) comes from Italian scorrevole, from Italian scorrere, from Latin excurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
scorrevole (English): Gliding from one note to the next
Definitions
- Gliding from one note to the next
Ancestry of “scorrevole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scorrevole | sliding, rolling door, etc |
| 2 | Italian | scorrere | to run, to flow, to stream, to glide, to slide;... |
| 3 | Latin | excurrō | to run out |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |