Where does “échelle” come from?

échelle (French) comes from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

échelle (French): ladder; scale, proportion, size

Definitions

  1. ladder; scale, proportion, size

Ancestry of “échelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschaleshell
2Latinscālaladder
3Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “échelle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →