Where does “escalade” come from?
escalade (English) comes from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from Italian scalare, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
escalade (English): An act of scaling walls or fortifications; To...
Definitions
- An act of scaling walls or fortifications; To...
Ancestry of “escalade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | escalade | climbing; escalation; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | scalata | scaling, climbing; climb; feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |