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Where does “scutarius” come from?

scutarius (Latin) comes from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “scutarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscūtum—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskei-to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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