Etymology

rescale

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Today it means: To alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  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 todayrescale

From re- + scale.

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