Where does “calends” come from?

calends (English) comes from Middle English calendes, from Latin kalendas, from Latin calandus, from Latin calō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “calends”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	calendes	—
2	Latin	kalendas	accusative plural of kalendae
3	Latin	calandus	which is to be called; which is to be announced...
4	Latin	calō	to call, announce solemnly, call out
5	Proto-Indo-European	ḱelh₁-	to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “calends”

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Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Latin calō →Every word from Latin calandus →