Where does “échelon” come from?

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

échelon (French): rung; echelon; soup bone

Definitions

  1. rung; echelon; soup bone

Ancestry of “échelon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéchelleladder; scale, proportion, size
2Old Frencheschaleshell
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “échelon”

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