scend / scan
to climb
Latin · scandere / scansus
Latin scandere 'to climb', past form scansus. Scend and scan words are about climbing: ascend climbs up, descendant is one who climbs down from an ancestor, transcend climbs beyond, scan once meant to climb up a verse, foot by foot.
Memory trick
ASCEND = climb UP the stair: SCEND and SCAN mean climb.
Words from this root
- ascend (a + scend) — to climb upऊपर चढ़ना
- ascendant (ascend + ant) — rising in powerउन्नति पर
- ascendancy (ascendant + cy) — position of power or controlप्रभुत्व, वर्चस्व
- descendant (de + scend + ant) — one who comes down from an ancestorवंशज
- condescend (con + de + scend) — to talk down to someoneनीचा दिखाकर बात करना
- transcend (tran + scend) — to go beyond limitsपार कर जाना
- transcendent (trans + scend + ent) — beyond ordinary experienceलोकोत्तर, असाधारण
- transcendence (transcend + ence) — state of going beyond limitsअतिक्रमण, परे होना
- scan (scan) — to look over carefully; to analyse verseबारीकी से जाँचना
- scanner (scan + ner) — machine that scansस्कैनर
- scansion (scan + sion) — analysis of a verse's rhythmछंद विश्लेषण