Where does “scagnare” come from?
scagnare (Italian) comes from Italian cagna, from Vulgar Latin cania, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
scagnare (Italian): to bark after detecting game of a hunting dog
Definitions
- to bark after detecting game of a hunting dog
Ancestry of “scagnare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cagna | female dog; bitch; bitch |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cania | — |
| 3 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |