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[–] 51 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

Wouldn't the French escale also have stemmed from the latin scala at some point?

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  • [–] 52 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Good call. According to wiki, the French escale is descended from the Latin scala (ladder)

    EDIT: I misread. The modern French word escale (port of call) descended from the Latin scala (ladder), but the similar Old French word escale/eschale (hard skin covering) came from the Old High German scala (similar meaning). BUT, the Norse skala (measuring device) mentioned in the meme DID descend from the Latin scala (ladder)!

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    I was curious. Apparently scale as in scale model also comes from the Latin scala. After learning that I went to OED to learn more...

    33 meanings. This is where my journey ends today. 🤣

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    “A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”

    I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    That's right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn't really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.

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