English
scancode
From scan + code.
Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan’
Proto-Italic *skandō
Latin scandō ‘to climb, rise, mount’
Middle English scanden ‘to scan verse’
Middle English scanne ‘to mark off verse to show metrical structure’
English scan
Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’
Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’
Old French code ‘system of law’
Middle English code ‘system of law’
English code
Today it means
noun A numeric code transmitted by a computer keyboard to indicate which keys are currently being pressed.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scancode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / scancode