Where does “callous” come from?

Callous comes from Latin callosus, derived from Latin callum and Proto-Indo-European kal, with formative elements from Proto-Italic -owonssos and Latin -o-wont-to-s.

callous (English): Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent...

Definitions

  1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent...

Ancestry of “callous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincallōsuswith a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous
2LatincallumA hard or thick substance; The hardened, thick...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankalhard

Words derived from “callous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kal →