Where does “echellette” come from?

echellette (English) comes from English echelle, 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.

echellette (English): A form of echelle grating

Definitions

  1. A form of echelle grating

Ancestry of “echellette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishechelleAn echelle grating
2Frenchéchelleladder; scale, proportion, size
3Old Frencheschaleshell
4Latinscālaladder
5Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
6Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →