Where does “idroscalo” come from?
idroscalo (Italian) comes from Italian scalo, from Italian scalare, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
idroscalo (Italian): seaplane base
Ancestry of “idroscalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scalo | slipway; stop, stopover; port of call |
| 2 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 3 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |