Where does “chalenge” come from?

chalenge (Middle English) comes from Old French chalenge, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic kalwomniā, from Proto-Italic kalwomnos — deceiving, accusing.

chalenge (Middle English): A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or...

Definitions

  1. A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or...

Ancestry of “chalenge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchchalengeAlternative form of chalonge
2LatincalumniaA cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,...
3Proto-Italickalwomniā—
4Proto-Italickalwomnosdeceiving, accusing

Words derived from “chalenge”

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