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Where does “classes” come from?

Classes comes from Middle French classe, from Latin classis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-, a root meaning to call or summon.

classes (English): plural of class; plural of classis; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. plural of class; plural of classis; Third-person...

Ancestry of “classes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclassA group, collection, category or set sharing...
2Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
3Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
4Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
5Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
6Germanklassegreat, awesome
7Russianклассclass; grade ; form; classroom
8Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
9Proto-Italicklāssis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
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