Where does “scuderia” come from?
scuderia (Italian) comes from Italian scudiero, from Old Occitan escudier, from Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scuderia (Italian): stable; an organization for the breeding and...
Definitions
- stable; an organization for the breeding and...
Ancestry of “scuderia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scudiero | a squire; an esquire; a domestique trusted by the... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | escudier | shield-bearer |
| 3 | Latin | scūtārius | of a shield, belonging to a shield |
| 4 | Latin | scūtum | a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |