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Where does “escalader” come from?

escalader (English) comes from English escalade, from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from Italian scalare, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere.

escalader (English): A soldier who escalades

Definitions

  1. A soldier who escalades

Ancestry of “escalader”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishescaladeAn act of scaling walls or fortifications; To...
2Frenchescaladeclimbing; escalation; first-person singular...
3Italianscalatascaling, climbing; climb; feminine singular of...
4ItalianscalareTo climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...
5Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
6Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
7Latinscāla—
8Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
9Latinscandō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →