Where does “Eskalationsstufe” come from?
Eskalationsstufe (German) comes from German Eskalation, from English escalation, from English escalate, from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from Italian scalare, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα — to jump up, ascend.
Eskalationsstufe (German): level of escalation
Definitions
- level of escalation
Ancestry of “Eskalationsstufe”, step by step
Eskalationsstufe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Eskalation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Eskalation | escalation |
| 2 | English | escalation | an increase or rise, especially one to counteract... |
| 3 | English | escalate | To increase in extent or intensity; to intensify... |
| 4 | French | escalade | climbing; escalation; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | scalata | scaling, climbing; climb; feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 7 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 8 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 9 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 10 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 11 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via German Stufe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 2 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 3 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |