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Where does “esca” come from?

esca (Galician) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

esca (Galician): tinder; bait

Definitions

  1. tinder; bait

Ancestry of “esca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscāla—
2Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinscandō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →