echelon
English
/ˈɛʃəlɒn/, /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/
noun
Definitions
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
- (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
Etymology
Borrowed from French échelon (echelon, rung) derived from Latin scāla (ladder, stair, staircase, scale) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (jump, climb, scale, dart, scan, split off).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skend-
Gloss
jump, climb, scale, dart, scan, split off
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- echelonic English
- multiechelon English
- scala English
- *scālata Latin
- scalaris Latin
- scando Latin
- scāla Latin
- scālārium Latin
- scala Italian
- echelon Dutch, Flemish
- échelle French
- échelon French
- échelonner French
- шкала́ Russian
- эшелон Russian
- escala Spanish, Castilian
- *skend- Proto-Indo-European
- escala Portuguese
- scale Middle English
- *ščęditi Proto-Slavic
- escaigne Old French
- eschale Old French
- eschele Old French
- escala Galician
- σκάλα Greek (modern)
- shkallë Albanian
- *ariskʷend- Proto-Celtic
- scjale Friulian
- escala Old Occitan
- σκάλα gkm
- eşelon Crimean Tatar
- şkala Crimean Tatar
- yscawl Middle Welsh