Calais

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kal-“hard”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*kaletos
3. Latin · derived fromCaletum
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromCaleis
5. Middle English · inherited fromCaleys
6. French · borrowed fromCalais
7. English todayCalais

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.

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