Where does “classifying” come from?
Classifying comes from English classify, derived from French classifier, from French classe, from Latin classis, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.
classifying (English): present participle of classify; That serves to...
Definitions
- present participle of classify; That serves to...
Ancestry of “classifying”, step by step
| 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 |