Where does “desescalada” come from?
desescalada (Catalan) comes from Catalan desescalar, from Catalan escalar, from Catalan escala, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
desescalada (Catalan): de-escalation
Definitions
- de-escalation
Ancestry of “desescalada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | desescalar | to descend |
| 2 | Catalan | escalar | scalar; to scale, climb; to get to the top |
| 3 | Catalan | escala | stairs; ladder; straight |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |