Where does “classified” come from?
Classified comes from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Latin classis, from Latin facio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to do or make.
classified (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of...
Ancestry of “classified”, step by step
classified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 2 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 3 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 4 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 5 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 6 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 7 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 8 | Russian | класс | class |
| 9 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
via English classified advertisement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classified advertisement | Any of a list of newspaper or website... |