Where does “escalera” come from?
escalera (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scalaria, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
escalera (Spanish): stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder
Definitions
- stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder
Ancestry of “escalera”, step by step
escalera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish escalera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | escalera | stairway; steps, stairs |
| 2 | Late Latin | scalaria | nominative neuter plural of scālāris; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Latin scālāria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scālāria | — |