Etymology

descale

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Today it means: To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  10. Latinscāla
  11. Middle Englishscale
  12. Englishscale
  13. English todaydescale

From de- + scale.

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