Where does “class” come from?
Class comes from Middle French classe, from Latin classis, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root kelh₁- meaning to strike or call out.
class (English): A group, collection, category or set sharing...
Definitions
- A group, collection, category or set sharing...
Ancestry of “class”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 2 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 3 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 4 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 5 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 6 | Russian | класс | class |
| 7 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |