Where does “escalada” come from?
escalada (Spanish) comes from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from Italian scalare, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
escalada (Spanish): increase, rise; climbing; climb
Definitions
- increase, rise; climbing; climb
Ancestry of “escalada”, step by step
escalada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French escalade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | escalade | climbing; escalation; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | scalata | scaling, climbing; climb; feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Italian | scalare | To climb or scale; To pay off a debt in... |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |