Etymology

scanlator

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Today it means: One who scanlates; one who scans and translates a text. Full definition →

English scanlate ← 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. Englishscanlate
  9. English todayscanlator

From scanlate + -or. By surface analysis, blend of scan + translator.

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