Etymology

clas

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Today it means: A Celtic monastery Full definition →

Welsh clas ← Middle Welsh clas ← Proto-Brythonic *klas
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromclassis
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*klas
  3. Middle Welsh · derived fromclas
  4. Welsh · borrowed fromclas
  5. English todayclas

From Welsh clas, from Middle Welsh clas, from Proto-Brythonic *klas, from Latin classis. Doublet of class and classis.

Words from the same roots

Latinclassis all →

classclassis

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