Etymology

prescan

P3R1E1S1C3A1N1

Today it means: To scan in advance. Full definition →

English scan ← Middle English scanne ← Latin scandō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  10. Proto-Italic*skandō
  11. Latinscandō
  12. Middle Englishscanden
  13. Middle Englishscanne
  14. Englishscan
  15. English todayprescan

From pre- + scan.

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