calm
English
/kɑːm/, /kɑm/, /kam/, /kaɹm/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English calm derived from Old French calme derived from calma derived from Latin cauma (heat) derived from Ancient Greek καῦμα (heat, especially of the sun, heat of the sun) derived from Latin caleō (I am warm, be warm, glow, I am warm hot, hot).
Origin
Latin
caleō
Gloss
I am warm, be warm, glow, I am warm hot, hot
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暑, 熱
Emoji
☀️ ☕️ ♨️ 🌋 🌞 🌵 🌶️ 🍵 🏜️ 🐪 🐫 🔥 🥵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becalm English
- calmen English
- calmer English
- calmest English
- calmeth English
- calmful English
- calmish English
- calmly English
- calmness English
- calmth English
- calmy English
- cauma English
- encalm English
- ice English
- ice-calm English
- uncalm English
- uncalmable English
- uncalmly English
- calefacio Latin
- calesco Latin
- caleō Latin
- calidus Latin
- calor Latin
- cauma Latin
- caumo Latin
- concaleo Latin
- recaleo Latin
- calma Italian
- calmo Italian
- calme French
- calmement French
- calmer French
- chômer French
- calma Spanish, Castilian
- καίω Ancient Greek
- καῦμα Ancient Greek
- calma Portuguese
- calm Middle English
- calme Old French
- calma Catalan, Valencian
- calma Galician
- calm Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kalma Ido
- kalmeskar Ido
- kalmigar Ido
- calme Middle French
- calma roa-oit
- cauma la-lat