Where does “scintilla” come from?
scintilla (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
scintilla (Latin): spark; glimmer
Ancestry of “scintilla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | ski-nto- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “scintilla”