Etymology

scanlate

scan·late
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Today it means: To process a scanlation; to scan and translate (a foreign-language comic) in order to distribute to another language. Full definition →

English translate ← Middle English scanne ← Latin scandō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  2. Proto-Italic*skandō
  3. Latinscandō
  4. Middle Englishscanden
  5. Middle Englishscanne
  6. Englishscan
  7. Englishtranslate
  8. English todayscanlate

Blend of scan + translate.

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