Where does “echelonic” come from?
echelonic (English) comes from English échelon, from French échelon, 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.
echelonic (English): Of or relating to an echelon
Definitions
- Of or relating to an echelon
Ancestry of “echelonic”, step by step
echelonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English échelon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | échelon | Alternative form of echelon |
| 2 | French | échelon | rung; echelon; soup bone |
| 3 | French | échelle | ladder; scale, proportion, size |
| 4 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |