Latin · word
scandere
climb; scan verse
Words sharing this root
ascendTo move to a higher position.ascendantThe zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at someone's birth.ascendantA person from whom someone is descended.ascendantGrowing or prevailing power or influence.ascensionThe act of rising to a higher place or position.condescendTo act toward others from a presumed superior position.condescensionTreating others as beneath oneself.descendTo move from a higher position to a lower one.descendantA later being or form originating from an earlier one.scanA systematic examination to obtain information.scanTo fit a pattern of rhythm in poetry.scansionAnalysis of the meter and rhythmic pattern of verse.transcendTo rise above or go beyond ordinary limits.transcendentSurpassing ordinary limits to reach an exceptional level.