Where does “scalo” come from?

scalo (Italian) comes from Italian scalare, 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.

scalo (Italian): slipway; stop, stopover; port of call

Definitions

  1. slipway; stop, stopover; port of call

Ancestry of “scalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianscalareTo climb or scale; To pay off a debt in...
2Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
3Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
4Latinscālaladder
5Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
6Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “scalo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →