Where does “scalar” come from?

scalar (Romanian) comes from French scalaire, from German Scalar, from Latin scālāris, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

scalar (Romanian): scalar

Definitions

  1. scalar

Ancestry of “scalar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscalairescalar
2GermanScalar—
3LatinscālārisOf, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
4Latinscālaladder
5Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
6Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →