The story
- Latin · derived fromclāmor“a shout, cry”
- Old French · derived fromclamor
- Middle English · inherited fromclamour
- English todayclamor
Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.