Where does “scampo” come from?
scampo (Italian) comes from Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin excampare, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
scampo (Italian): escape, way out; prawn; first-person singular...
Definitions
- escape, way out; prawn; first-person singular...
Ancestry of “scampo”, step by step
scampo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian scampare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scampare | to escape; to find safety; to save |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | excampare | decamp |
| 3 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἱππόκαμπος | monster with the body of a horse and the tail of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κάμπος | sea monster; plain |
| 3 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Venetian scampo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venetian | scampo | — |