Where does “Kalendae” come from?

Kalendae (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

Kalendae (Latin): Kalends, first day of the month

Definitions

  1. Kalends, first day of the month

Ancestry of “Kalendae”, step by step

Kalendae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic kalēō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickalēō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Latin calō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalōto call, announce solemnly, call out
2Proto-Italic*kalōto call

Words derived from “Kalendae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →