Etymology

scanlation

scan·la·tion
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Today it means: The act or process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga, Chinese manhua, or Korean manhwa) into another language, typically for free distribution over the Internet. Full definition →

English translation ← Middle English translacioun ← Anglo-Norman translacioun
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  2. Proto-Italic*skandō
  3. Latinscandō
  4. Middle Englishscanden
  5. Middle Englishscanne
  6. Englishscan
  7. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  11. Proto-Italic*trāns
  12. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  13. Latintrāns-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  16. Proto-Italic*ferō
  17. Latinferō
  18. Latintrānsferō
  19. Latintrānslātiō
  20. Anglo-Normantranslacioun
  21. Middle Englishtranslacioun
  22. Englishtranslation
  23. English todayscanlation

From scan + translation.

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