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Where does “escudriñar” come from?

escudriñar (Spanish) comes from Spanish escrudiñar, from Vulgar Latin scrutiniare, from Latin scrūtinium, from Latin scrūtor, from Latin scruta, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

escudriñar (Spanish): to scrutinize

Definitions

  1. to scrutinize

Ancestry of “escudriñar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishescrudiñarArchaic form of escudriñar
2Vulgar Latinscrutiniare—
3Latinscrūtinium—
4Latinscrūtor—
5Latinscrutarubbish, broken trash
6Proto-Indo-European(s)krew-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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