Where does “eschandillon” come from?
eschandillon (Old French) comes from Old French eschandiller, from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
eschandillon (Old French): standard
Definitions
- standard
Ancestry of “eschandillon”, step by step
eschandillon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French eschandiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | eschandiller | to verify the measures of merchants |
| 2 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 3 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Vulgar Latin *scandiculum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *scandiculum | — |
| 2 | Latin | scandula | roof-shingle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sked- | to cut, hack; to cover |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |