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Where does “scudiero” come from?

scudiero (Italian) comes 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.

scudiero (Italian): a squire; an esquire; a domestique trusted by the...

Definitions

  1. a squire; an esquire; a domestique trusted by the...

Ancestry of “scudiero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanescudiershield-bearer
2Latinscūtārius—
3Latinscūtum—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskei-to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scudiero”

  • scuderia
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