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-.
scalo (Italian): slipway; stop, stopover; port of call
Definitions
- slipway; stop, stopover; port of call
Ancestry of “scalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 2 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |
Words derived from “scalo”