Where does “clarion” come from?

Clarion comes from Old French claron, from Medieval Latin clario, from Latin clarus meaning "clear," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-.

clarion (English): A medieval brass instrument, related to the...

Definitions

  1. A medieval brass instrument, related to the...

Ancestry of “clarion”, step by step

clarion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French crayon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrayonpencil; pen; cock, dick, prick
2Frenchcraiechalk
3LatinCrētachalk
4Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
5Latin-āxish, -y
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Latin clārus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclārusclear, bright
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “clarion”

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