Where does “eschandiller” come from?
eschandiller (Old French) comes from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
eschandiller (Old French): to verify the measures of merchants
Definitions
- to verify the measures of merchants
Ancestry of “eschandiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 2 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |