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
- "Often with initial capital": the first day of a...
Ancestry of “calends”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
Words derived from “calends”