Where does “scaleno” come from?

scaleno (Italian) comes from Late Latin scalenus, from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός — uneven, unequal, scalene; uneven, unequal.

scaleno (Italian): scalene; scalene, scalenus; scalenus

Definitions

  1. scalene; scalene, scalenus; scalenus

Ancestry of “scaleno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinscalenusof unequal sides, scalene
2Ancient Greekσκᾰληνόςuneven, unequal, scalene; uneven, unequal

Words derived from “scaleno”

Every word from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός →Every word from Late Latin scalenus →