The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλῖμαξ“ladder, staircase”
- Latin · borrowed fromclīmax
- English todayclimacus
From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).
Words from the same roots
Latinclīmax all →
climax
Ancient Greekκλῖμαξ all →
climaxclimacophobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.