Etymology of the English word escalade
the English word
escaladederived from the French word
escaladederived from the Italian word
scalataderived from the Italian word
scalarederived from the Latin word
scalarisderived from the Latin word
scala (staircase; ladder)
using the Latin suffix
-arisderived from the Latin suffix
-alisderived from the Latin word
scalaederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skand-derived from the Italian word
scalarederived from the Old Italian word
scalaDate
The earliest known usage of escalade in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
escaladed,
escaladingUsage
Word found in Modern English
