Etymology

large-scale

Today it means: Large in amount, scope or extent. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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  1. Englishlarge
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  4. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  5. Latinscāla
  6. Middle Englishscale
  7. Englishscale
  8. English todaylarge-scale

From large + scale.

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