Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo demand ownership of. · To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true. · To demand ownership or right to use for land. · To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-m- Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁m- Proto-Italic *klām-der. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin clamāre Old French clamerbor. Middle English claimen English claim From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative. See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
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- Root classification mention*kelh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionclaimenenm
- Derivation mentionclamerfro
- Derivation mentionclamola
- Derivation mention*kelh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionkalbalt
- Cognate mentionhlōwanang
- Cognate mentionhalangoh
- Cognate mentionκαλέωgrc
- Cognate mentioncailechmga
- Cognate mentioncalōla
- Cognate mentionउषःकलsa
- Cognate mentionllamares
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"To demand ownership of.",
"To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.",
"To demand ownership or right to use for land.",
"To demand compensation or damages through the courts."
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