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Where does “scamnum” come from?

scamnum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European skāp-, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂p-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

scamnum (Latin): stool, step, bench; ridge; breadth of a field

Definitions

  1. stool, step, bench; ridge; breadth of a field

Ancestry of “scamnum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskāp-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂p-rod, shaft, staff, club
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

Words derived from “scamnum”

  • shambling
  • shamble
  • scabellum
  • shambler
  • shamblingly
  • shambly
  • scabellum
  • scabillum
  • scamellum
  • escaño
  • sgabello
  • scanno
  • escabeau
  • écheveau
  • squame
  • escabelle
  • escanho
  • escabelo
  • escano
  • escambell
  • skabelo
  • schamel
  • shamyll
  • schambyll
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