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Where does “nonscalable” come from?

nonscalable (English) comes from English scalable, from English scale, from Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

nonscalable (English): Not scalable

Definitions

  1. Not scalable

Ancestry of “nonscalable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscalableCapable of being climbed; Able to be changed in...
2EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
3Middle Englishscale—
4Latinscāla—
5Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
6Latinscandō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—

Words derived from “nonscalable”

  • nonscaleable
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