Where does “scansafatiche” come from?
scansafatiche (Italian) comes from Italian scansare, from Spanish cansare, from Latin campso, from Ancient Greek κάμψαι.
scansafatiche (Italian): idler, loafer, lazybones
Ancestry of “scansafatiche”, step by step
scansafatiche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian scansare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | scansare | to pull; to dodge, sidestep; to shirk, avoid |
| 2 | Spanish | cansare | |
| 3 | Latin | campso | I turn or sail around a place; I redouble my... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κάμψαι | — |
via Italian fatica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | fatica | effort, endeavour, work; difficulty; labour,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fatiga | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | fatīgō | to fatigue, tire or weary |