Where does “semiclassified” come from?
semiclassified (English) comes from English classified, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.
semiclassified (English): Somewhat or partly classified
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly classified
Ancestry of “semiclassified”, step by step
semiclassified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classified
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classified | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 3 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 4 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 5 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 6 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 7 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 8 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 9 | Russian | класс | class |
| 10 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |