Etymograph

English

clas

Clas comes from Welsh clas ‘cloister’, from Latin classis ‘any one of the five divisions into which…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call, shout’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*klh₁-d⁽ʰ⁾-ti-‘a call’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāssisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclassis‘any one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry’
  5. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*klasreconstructed
  6. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500clas
  7. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘cloister’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to call, shout’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*klh₁-d⁽ʰ⁾-ti-‘a call’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāssisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclassis‘any one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry’
  5. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*klasreconstructed
  6. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500clas
  7. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘cloister’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’

low, hell, clear, calendar, claim, haul, reconciliation, declare, reconcile, claire, clarity, clarification, proclamation, squeal, reclamation, exclamation, clarinet, irreconcilable, clarion, claret, clamour, clamor, conciliar, ecclesial, ecclesiastic, 38 more

Today it means

noun A Celtic monastery

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

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

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