Where does “escalar” come from?
escalar (Catalan) comes 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.
escalar (Catalan): scalar; to scale, climb; to get to the top
Definitions
- scalar; to scale, climb; to get to the top
Ancestry of “escalar”, step by step
escalar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan escala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | escala | stairs; ladder; straight |
| 2 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Latin scālāris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scālāris | Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder |