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
- a squire; an esquire; a domestique trusted by the...
Ancestry of “scudiero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | escudier | shield-bearer |
| 2 | Latin | scūtārius | of a shield, belonging to a shield |
| 3 | Latin | scūtum | a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |