scala
English
noun
Definitions
- Ladder; sequence.
- (anatomy) Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear.
- A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scāla (ladder, stair, staircase, scale).
Origin
Latin
scāla
Gloss
ladder, stair, staircase, scale
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *scālata Latin
- scalaris Latin
- scāla Latin
- scālārium Latin
- scala Italian
- échelon French
- шкала́ Russian
- escala Spanish, Castilian
- *skend- Proto-Indo-European
- escala Portuguese
- scale Middle English
- eschale Old French
- eschele Old French
- escala Galician
- σκάλα Greek (modern)
- shkallë Albanian
- scjale Friulian
- escala Old Occitan
- σκάλα gkm
- şkala Crimean Tatar
- yscawl Middle Welsh