Where does “classe” come from?

classe (Italian) comes 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 (Italian): class; classroom; style

Definitions

  1. class; classroom; style

Ancestry of “classe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
2Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
3Germanklassegreat, awesome
4Russianклассclass
5Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
6Proto-Italicklāssis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

Words derived from “classe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →
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