Where does “Beaufortskala” come from?
Beaufortskala (German) comes from English Beaufort, from French beau, from Middle French beau, from Old French beau, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
Beaufortskala (German): Beaufort scale
Definitions
- Beaufort scale
Ancestry of “Beaufortskala”, step by step
Beaufortskala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Beaufort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Beaufort | A type of French cheese originally from... |
| 2 | French | beau | handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair |
| 3 | Middle French | beau | beautiful; handsome; attractive |
| 4 | Old French | beau | Alternative form of biau; fair |
| 5 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via German skala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | skala | scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence) |
| 2 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |