English
introscan
From intro + scan.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inner, what is inside’
Latin intrōductiō ‘lead-in, introduction’
English intro
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
Today it means
noun A feature on some CD players that plays the first few seconds (the intro) of each track so that the required track can be found.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / introscan