Where does “skandal” come from?

skandal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Skandal, from French scandale, from Old French scandale, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum, from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον, from Proto-Indo-European skand- — to jump, go up; to shine, to glow; bright.

skandal (Serbo-Croatian): scandal

Definitions

  1. scandal

Ancestry of “skandal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSkandalscandal
2Frenchscandalescandal
3Old Frenchscandale—
4Ecclesiastical Latinscandalumthat on which one trips, cause of offense;...
5Ancient Greekσκάνδαλονtrap, snare; enticement, temptation; offense,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskand-to jump, go up; to shine, to glow; bright
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skand- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον →Every word from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum →