Message: "Scala - why would someone be called ladder?"

Scala - why would someone be called ladder?

by Auriel

4/19/2007, 5:57 AM

I know it's latin and means ladder, but why on earth, might one speculate, would my ancestor have the last name ladder?

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- myrrhy_jubal

5/19/2007, 9:57 AM

When I took voice lessons, I had to learn an Italian song entitled, "La Scala." I was told that it meant, "The Musical Scale."

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- Jim Young (guest) +1

4/20/2007, 2:22 AM

Doubtless it's from an Italian place name, Scala, there are a few. It probably means a steep slope, somewhere that's a bit of a climb. That's a guess by the way, not gospel.

- Profe Esteban

4/23/2007, 11:57 AM

Nobody chooses his surname, did you? In the middle age were born surnames like Scala (Italy), Escalier (France), Escala and Escalada (Spain), etc. may be because of families that built o sell ladders in their towns.

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