Where does “Scalar” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Scalar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	scālāris	Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
2	Latin	scāla	ladder
3	Latin	scandere	third-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4	Latin	scandō	to climb, ascend, mount
5	Proto-Indo-European	sḱend-	to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “Scalar”

scalaire
skalär
multiscalaire
pseudoscalaire
scalar
skalärfält

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