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 — to jump up, ascend.
escalader (English): A soldier who escalades
Definitions
- A soldier who escalades
Ancestry of “escalader”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | escalade | An act of scaling walls or fortifications; To... |
| 2 | French | escalade | climbing; escalation; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | scalata | scaling, climbing; climb; feminine singular of... |
| 4 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 5 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 6 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 7 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 8 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |