scală
Moldavian
noun
Definitions
- tuning dial (on a radio)
- (archaic) stop over, port of call
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scala (stair) derived from Latin scāla (ladder, stair, staircase, scale) borrowed from Greek (modern) σκάλα (ladder) derived from Italian scala (stair).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
scala
Gloss
stair
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scala English
- *scālata Latin
- scala Latin
- scalaris Latin
- scāla Latin
- scālārium Latin
- Skala German
- autoscala Italian
- caposcala Italian
- idroscala Italian
- macroscala Italian
- megascala Italian
- mesoscala Italian
- microscala Italian
- nanoscala Italian
- scala Italian
- scaletta Italian
- scalificio Italian
- sottoscala Italian
- escale French
- échelon French
- шкала́ Russian
- escala Spanish, Castilian
- *skend- Proto-Indo-European
- escala Portuguese
- scale Middle English
- eschale Old French
- eschele Old French
- escala Galician
- schelă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ανεμόσκαλα Greek (modern)
- σκάλα Greek (modern)
- iskele Turkish
- скеле Bulgarian
- shkallë Albanian
- اسكله Ottoman Turkish
- scjale Friulian
- escala Old Occitan
- σκάλα gkm
- şkala Crimean Tatar
- yscawl Middle Welsh