Where does “kalàsaʼ” come from?

kalàsaʼ (Makasar) comes from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis — to call, cry, summon.

kalàsaʼ (Makasar): class

Definitions

  1. class

Ancestry of “kalàsaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklasa school class; a classroom; travel class
2Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
3Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
4Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
5Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
6Germanklassegreat, awesome
7Russianклассclass
8Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
9Proto-Italicklāssis
10Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic klāssisEvery word from Latin classis