Where does “clārus” come from?

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

clārus (Latin): clear, bright

Definitions

  1. clear, bright

Ancestry of “clārus”, step by step

clārus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-

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

via Proto-Italic klāros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicklāros

Words derived from “clārus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-