Where does “midscale” come from?
midscale (English) comes from English scale, from Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
midscale (English): Neither downscale nor upscale
Definitions
- Neither downscale nor upscale
Ancestry of “midscale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scale | A ladder; a series of steps; a means of... |
| 2 | Middle English | scale | — |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |