Where does “Scărișoara” come from?
Scărișoara (English) comes from Romanian Scărișoara, from Romanian scărișoară, from Romanian scară, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
Ancestry of “Scărișoara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Scărișoara | small ladder |
| 2 | Romanian | scărișoară | small ladder |
| 3 | Romanian | scară | ladder; stairs, staircase; scale |
| 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 |