Where does “scudi” come from?
Scudi comes from Italian scudo, from Latin scutum meaning shield, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, related to sek- meaning to cut.
scudi (English): plural of scudo
Ancestry of “scudi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scudo | A silver coin and unit of currency of various... |
| 2 | Italian | Scudo | — |
| 3 | Latin | scūtum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |