Where does “klas” come from?
klas (Dutch) comes from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis, from Proto-Italic klāssis — to call, cry, summon.
klas (Dutch): a school class; a classroom; travel class
Definitions
- a school class; a classroom; travel class
Ancestry of “klas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 2 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 3 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 4 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 5 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 6 | Russian | класс | class |
| 7 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |