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Where does “chalengen” come from?

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

chalengen (Middle English): To insult, criticise, or reprehend something or...

Definitions

  1. To insult, criticise, or reprehend something or...

Ancestry of “chalengen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchchalengierAlternative form of chalongier
2LatincalumniorI depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate,...
3LatincalumniaA cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,...
4Proto-Italickalwomniā—
5Proto-Italickalwomnosdeceiving, accusing

Words derived from “chalengen”

  • challenging
  • challenger
  • unchallengeable
  • challengingly
  • unchallenging
  • challengeable
  • nonchallenging
  • unchallengeably
  • unchallengingly
  • unchallengeableness
  • challengingness
  • multichallenger
  • chalengeable
  • chalenger
  • chalengyng
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