Where does “unscalable” come from?
unscalable (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- — to jump up, ascend.
unscalable (English): Not scalable, that cannot be climbed; Not...
Definitions
- Not scalable, that cannot be climbed; Not...
Ancestry of “unscalable”, step by step
unscalable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scalable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scalable | Capable of being climbed; Able to be changed in... |
| 2 | English | scale | A ladder; a series of steps; a means of... |
| 3 | Middle English | scale | flake |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |