escala.
scale, measure
Meaning & usage
scale, measure
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālalbor. Portuguese escala Learned borrowing from Latin scāla. Doublet of escada (“ladder, stairs”).
stopover
Where this word comes from
Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.
inflection of escalar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of escalar: second-person singular imperative
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