Where does “classe” come from?
classe (French) comes from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis, from Proto-Italic klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- — to call, cry, summon.
classe (French): class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
Definitions
- class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
Ancestry of “classe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 2 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 3 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 4 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 5 | Russian | класс | class; grade ; form; classroom |
| 6 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
Words derived from “classe”