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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

scando.

to climb, ascend, mount

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈskan.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈskan.do]
  1. to climb, ascend, mount

    ambitransitive · conjugation-3
  2. to clamber

    ambitransitive · conjugation-3
  3. to scan (poetry by its feet)

    Late-Latin · conjugation-3 · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump up, ascend”), via Proto-Italic *skandō, either from: * earlier *skendō, with regular development of *e to *a after velars, from Proto-Indo-European *skénd-e-ti; * earlier *skn̥dō, with regular development of *skn̥d- > *skand- in a preconsonantal position, secondary thematic present to aorist *skénd-t ~ *skn̥d-ént; * or Proto-Indo-European *skₔnd-é-ti with schwa secundum, secondary thematic present to aorist *skénd-t ~ *skₔnd-ént.

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