Where does “scandagliamento” come from?
scandagliamento (Italian) comes from Italian scandagliare, from Italian scandaglio, from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
scandagliamento (Italian): sounding, fathoming (measurement of water depth)
Definitions
- sounding, fathoming (measurement of water depth)
Ancestry of “scandagliamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scandagliare | to sound, fathom; to investigate; to take... |
| 2 | Italian | scandaglio | sounding, fathoming; lead; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |