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