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Where does “scalare” come from?

scalare (Italian) comes from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

scalare (Italian): To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...

Definitions

  1. To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...

Ancestry of “scalare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
2Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
3Latinscāla—
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—

Words derived from “scalare”

  • escalation
  • escalate
  • escalade
  • escalatory
  • escalader
  • de-escalate
  • re-escalation
  • de-escalation
  • escalinata
  • cronoescalada
  • escalada
  • cronoscalata
  • pseudoscalare
  • scalare
  • scaletta
  • idroscala
  • antiscalo
  • idroscalo
  • scalabilità
  • scalandrone
  • scalabile
  • aeroscalo
  • caposcala
  • scala
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