Where does “calme” come from?

calme (Middle French) comes from Italian calma, from Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα, from Ancient Greek καίω, from Proto-Hellenic *káyyō.

calme (Middle French): calm; still; windless

Definitions

  1. calm; still; windless

Ancestry of “calme”, step by step

calme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian calma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalmacalm, stillness, peacefulness; tranquility, peace...
2Latincaumaheat; heat of the day
3Ancient Greekκαῦμαburning, glow, heat; fever; holes cut by cautery
4Ancient GreekκαίωI light, kindle, set on fire; I burn, burn up; I...
5Proto-Hellenic*káyyō—

via Old Italian calma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italiancalma—

Words derived from “calme”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *káyyō →Every word from Ancient Greek καίω →Every word from Ancient Greek καῦμα →