Where does “classis” come from?

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

classis (Latin): any one of the five divisions into which Servius...

Definitions

  1. any one of the five divisions into which Servius...

Ancestry of “classis”, step by step

classis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic klāssis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicklāssis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁-

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

Words derived from “classis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →