Where does “desescalar” come from?
desescalar (Spanish) comes from Spanish escalar, from Spanish escala, 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.
desescalar (Spanish): to de-escalate
Definitions
- to de-escalate
Ancestry of “desescalar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escalar | to scale, to climb; scalar |
| 2 | Spanish | escala | ladder; scale; ladder, hierarchy |
| 3 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |