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Where does “scandere” come from?

scandere (Latin) comes from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

scandere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “scandere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscandō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—

Words derived from “scandere”

  • scale
  • scales
  • scan
  • transcendent
  • transcend
  • transcendence
  • escalation
  • scalar
  • scanner
  • sloop
  • transcending
  • escalate
  • scalability
  • scalable
  • timescale
  • nanoscale
  • echelon
  • largescale
  • subscale
  • grayscale
  • escalator
  • microscale
  • multiscale
  • shallop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →