Where does “chaland” come from?

chaland (French) comes from French chaloir, from Middle French chaloir, from Old French chaloir, from Old French chaleir, from Latin calēre, from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

chaland (French): barge; a regular client, a returning client

Definitions

  1. barge; a regular client, a returning client

Ancestry of “chaland”, step by step

chaland traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French chaloir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaloirto heat; to matter; to be of import
2Middle Frenchchaloirto heat; to bother, to worry
3Old Frenchchaloirto heat; to bother, to concern
4Old FrenchchaleirAlternative form of chaloir
5Latincalēre—
6Proto-Italickalēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Old French chalant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchalant—
2Latincalēntem—

via Ancient Greek χελάνδιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχελάνδιονchelandion, dromon

Words derived from “chaland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic kalēō →Every word from Latin calēre →