English

large-scale

From large + scale.

A compound of large + scale

Latin largus ‘abundant, plentiful, copious, large’

Latin larga

Old French large ‘generous’

Middle English large

English large

Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂

Proto-Italic *skand-slā

Latin scāla ‘ladder; stairs’

Middle English scale ‘ladder’

English scale

Today it means

adj Large in amount, scope or extent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / large-scale