Where does “eskalator” come from?

eskalator (Indonesian) comes from English escalator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

eskalator (Indonesian): escalator, a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another

Definitions

  1. escalator, a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another

Ancestry of “eskalator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishescalatorAnything that escalates; A motor-driven...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →