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Where does “widescale” come from?

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

widescale (English): Large enough to affect or involve all or most of...

Definitions

  1. Large enough to affect or involve all or most of...

Ancestry of “widescale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
2Middle Englishscale—
3Latinscāla—
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →