Where does “callet” come from?
callet (English) comes from French caillette, from French caille, from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
callet (English): A trull or prostitute; A scold or gossip; To rail...
Definitions
- A trull or prostitute; A scold or gossip; To rail...
Ancestry of “callet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | caillette | abomasum; curd; frivolous gossiping woman |
| 2 | French | caille | multicoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of... |
| 3 | French | cailler | to curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass... |
| 4 | Old French | quailler | Alternative form of coaillier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 6 | Latin | coāgulō | — |
| 7 | Latin | coāgulum | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |