Where does “scannen” come from?
scannen (Middle English) comes from Middle English scanden, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
scannen (Middle English): to mark off verse to show metrical structure
Definitions
- to mark off verse to show metrical structure
Ancestry of “scannen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | scanden | Alternative form of schonden |
| 2 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |
Words derived from “scannen”