Etymology

subscale

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Today it means: A subdivision of a scale. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  6. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  7. Latinscāla
  8. Middle Englishscale
  9. Englishscale
  10. English todaysubscale

From sub- + scale.

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