Borrowed from Latin classis . Doublet of class .
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Borrowed from Latin classis .
From Proto-Italic * klāssis , from Proto-Indo-European * klh₁-d⁽ʰ⁾-ti- ( “ a call ” ) , from * kelh₁- ( “ to call, shout ” ) .
Cognate with Latin calō , clāmō , clārus , concilium , Ancient Greek καλέω ( kaléō ) .
De Vaan notes that simplification of the Proto-Italic * -ss- would be expected following long * -ā- . He suggests that, semantically, the term evolved from referring to a "calling out" to a "class of soldiers being called out" to a "social class". Another, simpler explanation may be that this was a group "called up" to serve.
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