Where does “Scarmiglione” come from?
Scarmiglione (Italian) comes from Italian scarmigliare, from Vulgar Latin excarminare, from Latin carminō, from Latin carmen, from Proto-Indo-European kan- — to sing; hemp.
Scarmiglione (Italian): a fictitious devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy
Definitions
- a fictitious devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy
Ancestry of “Scarmiglione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scarmigliare | To dishevel |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | excarminare | present active infinitive of *excarminō |
| 3 | Latin | carminō | to make verses |
| 4 | Latin | carmen | song, tune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kan- | to sing; hemp |