Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. · Free of noise and disturbance. · with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. · Without wind or storm.
The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. · The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. · The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
To make calm. · To become calm.
From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
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