Where does “bigscale” come from?

bigscale (English) comes from English scale, from Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

bigscale (English): A fish, the ridgehead

Definitions

  1. A fish, the ridgehead

Ancestry of “bigscale”, step by step

bigscale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
2Middle Englishscaleflake
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

via English big

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbigOf great size, large; Thought to have undue...
2Middle Englishbig—
3Proto-Germanicbugja-swollen up, thick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →