escano

Meaning

1. (masculine) bench with backrest
2. (dated,masculine) bier, kind of stretcher used for moving and holding a corpse

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[esˈkanʊ]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escano (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin scamnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up”).
Cognate with Portuguese escano, Spanish escaño, Italian scanno, Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá).