Where does “classroomful” come from?
classroomful (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.
classroomful (English): As many people as a classroom will hold
Definitions
- As many people as a classroom will hold
Ancestry of “classroomful”, step by step
classroomful 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 |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |