Where does “sciancrato” come from?
sciancrato (Italian) comes from French échancré, from French échancrer, from French chancre, from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros — to cut, cut off, sever.
sciancrato (Italian): waisted; past participle of sciancrare
Definitions
- waisted; past participle of sciancrare
Ancestry of “sciancrato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échancré | past participle of échancrer; indented; low-cut,... |
| 2 | French | échancrer | to scallop |
| 3 | French | chancre | lobster, crab; canker, chancre |
| 4 | Middle French | chancre | cancer |
| 5 | Old French | chancre | — |
| 6 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |