Where does “scară” come from?
scară (Romanian) comes from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
scară (Romanian): ladder; stairs, staircase; scale
Definitions
- ladder; stairs, staircase; scale
Ancestry of “scară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 2 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
Words derived from “scară”