English
claret
Claret comes from Medieval Latin clārus ‘clear, bright’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call, shout’by way of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós, Proto-Italic *klārosreconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500clārus‘clear, bright’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500clārātum vīnum
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600claret
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘clary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1814same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call, shout’by way of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós, Proto-Italic *klārosreconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500clārus‘clear, bright’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500clārātum vīnum
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600claret
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘clary’
- Englishearliest quotation 1814same form
Earliest quotation: 1814, George Gordon Byron: “We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’
low, hell, claim, classic, calendar, haul, reconciliation, reconcile, proclamation, classify, squeal, exclamation, reclamation, irreconcilable, clamour, clamor, ecclesiastic, ecclesial, conciliar, clas, 36 more
through Medieval Latin clārus ‘clear, bright’
clear, claire, clarity, declare, clarification, clarinet, clarion, 11 more
Today it means
noun A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- / claret