Etymology

multiscale

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or operating across multiple scales. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  9. Latinscāla
  10. Middle Englishscale
  11. Englishscale
  12. English todaymultiscale

From multi- + scale.

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