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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-.

Ancestry of “Scalar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscālāris—
2Latinscāla—
3Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinscandō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
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