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scando

Pronunciation: [ˈskan.doː]

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

verb

  1. to climb, ascend, mount
  2. to clamber
  3. to scan (poetry by its feet)

Etymology

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…

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