Where does “kalendi” come from?

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

kalendi (Maltese): calends

Definitions

  1. calends

Ancestry of “kalendi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliancalendeAPI f pl; calends
2LatinKalendaeKalends, first day of the month
3Proto-Italickalēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic kalēō →Every word from Latin Kalendae →