Where does “claret” come from?

claret (Middle English) comes from Middle French claret, from Latin claratum vinum, from Latin clārus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

claret (Middle English): clary; clary water; pink, pink-purple, light

Definitions

  1. clary; clary water; pink, pink-purple, light

Ancestry of “claret”, step by step

claret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French claret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchclaret—
2Latinclaratum vinum—
3Latinclārusclear, bright
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Old French claret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchclaret—

Words derived from “claret”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Latin clārus →Every word from Latin claratum vinum →