class

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kelh₁-“to call, shout”
2. Latin · derived fromclassis“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromclasse
4. English todayclass

From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of clas and classis. Displaced Old English ġecynd.

Words from the same roots