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Where does “スケール” come from?

スケール (Japanese) comes from English scale, from Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.

スケール (Japanese): scale; scale, scope, degree; scale, a buildup of...

Definitions

  1. scale; scale, scope, degree; scale, a buildup of...

Ancestry of “スケール”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
2Middle Englishscale—
3Latinscāla—
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—
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