English
chamade
Chamade comes from French chamade, from Latin clamō ‘to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-1‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclamō2as clamare‘to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentchamade2
- Englishearliest quotation 1762chamade2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin clamo
- 2 Wiktionary, English chamade
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-Wiktionary, Latin clamo‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclamōWiktionary, English chamadeas clamare‘to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentchamadeWiktionary, English chamade
- Englishearliest quotation 1762chamadeWiktionary, English chamade. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’
low, clear, hell, classic, calendar, claire, clarity, declare, reconciliation, haul, clarification, reconcile, reclaim, classify, acclaim, proclaim, clarinet, claimant, clarion, squeal, exclaim, claret, irreconcilable, clas, ecclesiastic, ecclesial, conciliar, 30 more
through Latin clamō ‘to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim’
claim, proclamation, reclamation, exclamation, clamor, clamour, 9 more
Today it means
noun A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “chamade”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin clamo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- / chamade