Where does “scale” come from?
Scale comes from Middle English scale, from Latin scala meaning ladder, from Latin scadla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skend- and (s)kel- meaning to climb or split.
scale (English): A ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
Definitions
- A ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
Ancestry of “scale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scale | — |
| 2 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 3 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |
Words derived from “scale”