Where does “escala” come from?

escala (Galician) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

escala (Galician): scale, measure

Definitions

  1. scale, measure

Ancestry of “escala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscālaladder
2Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →