Etymology

From German Skandal, from Middle French scandale ‎(“indignation caused by misconduct or defamatory speech”), from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‎(“that on which one trips, cause of offense”, literally “stumbling block”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον ‎(skándalon, “a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling”), from Proto-Indo-European *skand- ‎(“to jump”).