Where does “call” come from?

call (Catalan) comes from Latin callum, from Proto-Indo-European kal — hard.

call (Catalan): passageway; corn; Jewish quarter

Definitions

  1. passageway; corn; Jewish quarter

Ancestry of “call”, step by step

call traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin callum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincallumA hard or thick substance; The hardened, thick...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankalhard

via Latin callis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincallispath; rough, stony track
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Hebrew קָהָל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewקָהָלcommunity; assembly, synagogue

Words derived from “call”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kal →