calid

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱelh₁-
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*kalēō
3. Latin · derived fromcalidus“hot”
4. English todaycalid

From Latin calidus (“hot”), from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”) + -idus, from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Cognate with Italian calido (“hot”), French chaud (“warm, hot”), Portuguese cálido (“warm”), and Spanish cálido (“warm”).

Words from the same roots