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Where does “escaneamento” come from?

escaneamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese escanear, from Portuguese escâner, from English scanner, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

escaneamento (Portuguese): scan; scanning

Definitions

  1. scan; scanning

Ancestry of “escaneamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseescanearto scan
2Portugueseescânerscanner
3EnglishscannerA device which scans documents in order to...
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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