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escano.

bench

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/isˈkɐ̃.nu/Brazil/esˈkɐ̃.nu/Brazil/iʃˈkɐ̃.nu/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈkɐ̃.nu/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. bench

    masculine

  2. footstool

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese escano, from Latin scamnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up”). Cognate with Galician escano, Spanish escaño, Italian scanno, Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá). Doublet of escanho.

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