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Where does “scandagliatore” come from?

scandagliatore (Italian) comes from Italian scandagliare, from Italian scandaglio, from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

scandagliatore (Italian): leadsman

Definitions

  1. leadsman

Ancestry of “scandagliatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscandagliareto sound, fathom; to investigate; to take...
2Italianscandagliosounding, fathoming; lead; first-person singular...
3Latinscandaculumladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →