Where does “calomnie” come from?

calomnie (Romanian) comes from French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic kalwomniā, from Proto-Italic kalwomnos — deceiving, accusing.

calomnie (Romanian): slander

Definitions

  1. slander

Ancestry of “calomnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalomniecalumny; slander; first-person singular present...
2LatincalumniaA cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,...
3Proto-Italickalwomniā—
4Proto-Italickalwomnosdeceiving, accusing
Every word from Proto-Italic kalwomnos →Every word from Proto-Italic kalwomniā →Every word from Latin calumnia →