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- — to jump up, ascend.
scalarly (English): In a scalar fashion
Definitions
- In a scalar fashion
Ancestry of “scalarly”, step by step
scalarly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scalar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scalar | Having magnitude but not direction; Consisting of... |
| 2 | Latin | scālāris | Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |