scamnum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) stool, step, bench
2. (declension-2, neuter) ridge (of earth formed by ploughing)
3. (declension-2, neuter) breadth of a field

Concepts

stool

bench

bank

🏦

chair

🪑

financial institution

Translations

tabouret

Bank

Sitzbank

Stuhlgang

Polsterbank

σκαμνί

πάγκος

εντερική κένωση

banc

banquette

panca

panchina

seggio

sgabello

banc

Etymology

For *scabnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up, support”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá, “prop, support, pillar”).