Where does “grootschalig” come from?
grootschalig (Dutch) comes from Dutch schaal, from German skala, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
grootschalig (Dutch): large-scale
Ancestry of “grootschalig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schaal | shell; shallow bowl; scale |
| 2 | German | skala | — |
| 3 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |