Where does “clamorous” come from?
Clamorous comes from Middle English -ous, from Old French -eux, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Proto-Italic -owonssos, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
clamorous (English): Of or pertaining to clamor
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to clamor
Ancestry of “clamorous”, step by step
clamorous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English clamor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clamor | A great outcry or vociferation; loud and... |
| 2 | Middle English | clamour | shout; cry; clamor |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | clamour | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of clamur |
| 4 | Old French | clamur | outcry; complaint; rumor |
| 5 | Latin | clāmor | a shout, shouting |
| 6 | Latin | clāmō | to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | klāmāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥h₁m- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |