Etymology

scannable

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Today it means: That can be scanned; suitable for scanning. Full definition →

English scan ← 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. English todayscannable

From scan + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.