escalator

Significat

Noun

1. Anything that escalates.
2. A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
3. An upward or progressive course.
4. An escalator clause.

Verb

To move by escalator.

Amb guionet com

es‧ca‧la‧tor

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/

Etimologia

From the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin e (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency. See the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by escalate, and is equivalent to escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.