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Where does “kalende” come from?

kalende (Middle English) comes from Old English calend, from Latin Kalendae, from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

kalende (Middle English): Calends, the first day of a month, "particularly"...

Definitions

  1. Calends, the first day of a month, "particularly"...

Ancestry of “kalende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishcalendCalends; a month
2LatinKalendaeKalends, first day of the month
3Proto-Italickalēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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