LADDER (0. Eng. hlaeder; of

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch

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• LEER

leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)  , a set of steps or " rungs " between two supportsto enable one to get up and down; usually made of wood and sometimes of metal or rope . Ladders are generally movable, and differ from a staircase also in having only treads and no " risers." The term " Jacob's ladder," taken from the dream of Jacob in the Bible, is applied to a rope ladder with wooden steps used at sea to go aloft, and to a common garden plant of the genus Polemonium on account of the ladder-like formation of the leaves .