Where does “chiasso” come from?

chiasso (Italian) comes from Latin classis, from Proto-Italic klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- — to call, cry, summon.

chiasso (Italian): din, uproar, shout; fuss, stir; alley

Definitions

  1. din, uproar, shout; fuss, stir; alley

Ancestry of “chiasso”, step by step

chiasso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin classis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
2Proto-Italicklāssis
3Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via Vulgar Latin classum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinclassum
2Latinclassicumnominative neuter singular of classicus; signal...

Words derived from “chiasso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic klāssisEvery word from Latin classis
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