Where does “escalera” come from?
escalera (Old Spanish) comes from Late Latin scalaria, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
escalera (Old Spanish): stairway; steps, stairs
Ancestry of “escalera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | scalaria | nominative neuter plural of scālāris; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 3 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |
Words derived from “escalera”