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Where does “scalarly” come from?

scalarly (English) comes from English scalar, from Latin scālāris, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

scalarly (English): In a scalar fashion

Definitions

  1. In a scalar fashion

Ancestry of “scalarly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscalarHaving magnitude but not direction; Consisting of...
2Latinscālāris—
3Latinscāla—
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →