Where does “scrute” come from?
scrute (English) comes from Latin scrūtor, from Latin scruta, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “scrute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | scrūtor | — |
| 2 | Latin | scruta | rubbish, broken trash |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krew- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |