Where does “echelle” come from?

echelle (English) comes 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.

echelle (English): An echelle grating

Definitions

  1. An echelle grating

Ancestry of “echelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéchelleladder; scale, proportion, size
2Old Frencheschaleshell
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “echelle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →