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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-.

escalera (Spanish): stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder

Definitions

  1. stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder

Ancestry of “escalera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishescalerastairway; steps, stairs
2Late Latinscalarianominative neuter plural of scālāris; accusative...
3Latinscāla—
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-—

Words derived from “escalera”

  • escalerilla
  • escaleira
  • eskalero
  • eskalereto
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