[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''scandalum'' stumbling block, [[offense]], from [[Greek]] ''skandalon'' [[trap]], stumbling block, offense; akin to [[Latin]] ''scandere'' to climb | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''scandalum'' stumbling block, [[offense]], from [[Greek]] ''skandalon'' [[trap]], stumbling block, offense; akin to [[Latin]] ''scandere'' to climb |