Where does “scala” come from?

Scala comes from Latin scala, traced through Latin scadla and scandere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skend-, a root expressing the action of climbing or ascending.

scala (English): Ladder; sequence; Ladder-like structure in the...

Definitions

  1. Ladder; sequence; Ladder-like structure in the...

Ancestry of “scala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscalaladder; stairs
2Latinscadla—
3Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →