Where does “calendes” come from?
calendes (Middle English) comes from Latin kalendas, from Latin calandus, from Latin calō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
Ancestry of “calendes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | kalendas | accusative plural of kalendae |
| 2 | Latin | calandus | which is to be called; which is to be announced... |
| 3 | Latin | calō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
Words derived from “calendes”