escalator
English
/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/, /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Anything that escalates.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- An upward or progressive course.
- An escalator clause.
Etymology
Derived from Latin e (from, out of, out).
Origin
Latin
e
Gloss
from, out of, out
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- escalefter English
- eventerate English
- left English
- e Latin
- scalaria Latin
- escalera Spanish, Castilian
- escalerilla Spanish, Castilian
- エスカレーター Japanese
- eskalator Serbo-Croatian
- एस्केलेटर Hindi
- escaleira Galician
- eskalira Cebuano
- eskalator Indonesian
- esgaladur Welsh
- eskalero Ido
- escalateux Norman
- 에스컬레이터 Korean
- escalera Old Spanish
- eskalator Crimean Tatar