Where does “kalends” come from?
kalends (English) comes from English calends, from Middle English calendes, from Latin kalendas, from Latin calandus, from Latin calō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
kalends (English): Alternative spelling of calends
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of calends
Ancestry of “kalends”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calends | "Often with initial capital": the first day of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | calendes | — |
| 3 | Latin | kalendas | accusative plural of kalendae |
| 4 | Latin | calandus | which is to be called; which is to be announced... |
| 5 | Latin | calō | to call, announce solemnly, call out |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |