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- — to jump up, ascend.
scalare (Italian): To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...
Definitions
- To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...
Ancestry of “scalare”, step by step
scalare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian scala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Latin scālāris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scālāris | Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder |
| 2 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Italian scalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scalo | slipway; stop, stopover; port of call |