Where does “scrutare” come from?

scrutare (Italian) comes from Latin scrūtor, from Latin scruta, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scrutare (Italian): to look or examine carefully to try to see or...

Definitions

  1. to look or examine carefully to try to see or...

Ancestry of “scrutare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrūtorto search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate
2Latinscrutarubbish, broken trash
3Proto-Indo-European(s)krew-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scrutare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)krew- →