Where does “scenario” come from?

scenario (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian scenario, from Italian scena, from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scenario (Norwegian Nynorsk): a scenario

Definitions

  1. a scenario

Ancestry of “scenario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscenarioscenery, set; backdrop
2Italianscenascene; stage
3Latinscaenastage; scene; theatre
4Ancient Greekσκηνήtent; stage
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκηνή →