Where does “eşelon” come from?
eşelon (Crimean Tatar) comes from Russian эшелон, from French échelon, from French échelle, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
eşelon (Crimean Tatar): echelon
Definitions
- echelon
Ancestry of “eşelon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | эшелон | echelon; special train, troop train |
| 2 | French | échelon | rung; echelon; soup bone |
| 3 | French | échelle | ladder; scale, proportion, size |
| 4 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 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 |