Where does “classroomese” come from?
classroomese (English) comes from English classroom, from English class, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.
classroomese (English): A form of language taught to learners that does not reflect actual language use
Definitions
- A form of language taught to learners that does not reflect actual language use
Ancestry of “classroomese”, step by step
classroomese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classroom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classroom | A room, often in a school, where classes take... |
| 2 | English | class | A group, collection, category or set sharing... |
| 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 |