Etymograph

English

calendar

Calendar comes from Latin calendarium ‘account book’, from kalendae ‘the first day of the month’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call out to’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEkalō‘to announce solemnly, to call out’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEkalendae‘the first day of the month’next step skipped: Latin calendārius
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalendarium‘account book’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400calendier
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kalender‘a calendar’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1625calendar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call out to’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEkalō‘to announce solemnly, to call out’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEkalendae‘the first day of the month’next step skipped: Latin calendārius
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalendarium‘account book’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400calendier
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kalender‘a calendar’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1625calendar

Earliest quotation: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles. XV.: “Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’

low, hell, claim, clear, classic, claire, haul, declare, reconciliation, clarity, proclamation, classify, reconcile, clarification, reclamation, exclamation, clarinet, clarion, squeal, clamor, clamour, irreconcilable, claret, clas, ecclesiastic, conciliar, ecclesial, 36 more

Today it means

noun Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- / calendar

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