Where does “clase” come from?

clase (Spanish) comes from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis, from Proto-Italic klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- — to call, cry, summon.

clase (Spanish): lecture; class; kind, sort, type

Definitions

  1. lecture; class; kind, sort, type

Ancestry of “clase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
2Germanklassegreat, awesome
3Russianклассclass
4Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
5Proto-Italicklāssis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

Words derived from “clase”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →