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scamnum

“scamnum” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stool, step, bench
  2. ridge (of earth formed by ploughing)
  3. breadth of a field

Etymology

For *scabnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up, support”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá, “prop, support, pillar”).

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