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Where does “scalinata” come from?

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

scalinata (Italian): staircase, stairway; flight of steps or stairs

Definitions

  1. staircase, stairway; flight of steps or stairs

Ancestry of “scalinata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscalinostep; rung; third-person plural present...
2Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
3Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
4Latinscāla—
5Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
6Latinscandō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—

Words derived from “scalinata”

  • escalinata
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →