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Where does “unscalably” come from?

unscalably (English) comes from English unscalable, from English scalable, from English scale, from Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

unscalably (English): In an unscalable way

Definitions

  1. In an unscalable way

Ancestry of “unscalably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunscalableNot scalable, that cannot be climbed; Not...
2EnglishscalableCapable of being climbed; Able to be changed in...
3EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
4Middle Englishscale—
5Latinscāla—
6Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7Latinscandō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →