Where does “claret” come from?

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

Ancestry of “claret”, step by step

claret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin claratum vinum

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

via Medieval Latin claratum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinclaratumaccusative supine of clārō

Words derived from “claret”

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