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