esca

esca · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromēsca“bait”
2. English todayesca

From Latin ēsca (“bait”).

esca · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skēlō“bowl”
2. Late Latin · derived fromscala“bowl”
3. Galician · borrowed fromescá
4. English todayesca

From Galician escá, from Hispanic Late Latin scala (“bowl”) attested in Isidore of Seville, probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō (“bowl”). Cognate with German Schale and Dutch schaal.

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