Where does “escala” come from?

escala (Portuguese) comes 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.

escala (Portuguese): scale, measure; stopover

Definitions

  1. scale, measure; stopover

Ancestry of “escala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscalaladder; stair; scale
2Byzantine Greekσκάλα—
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “escala”

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