English

logscale

Shortening.

Formed from log + scale

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

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

noun logarithmic scale

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

Etymograph / logscale