English
clamant
Clamant comes from Latin clāmāns ‘shouting, crying out, claiming’, from clāmō ‘yell’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-1‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmō2‘yell’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmāns2‘shouting, crying out, claiming’present participle of clāmō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1749clamant2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin clamo
- 2 Wiktionary, English clamant
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1749, James Thomson, Autumn: “clamant children”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-Wiktionary, Latin clamo‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmōWiktionary, English clamant‘yell’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmānsWiktionary, English clamant‘shouting, crying out, claiming’present participle of clāmō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1749clamantWiktionary, English clamant. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1749, James Thomson, Autumn: “clamant children”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’
low, hell, clear, classic, calendar, haul, reconciliation, declare, claire, clarity, reconcile, clarification, reclaim, classify, proclaim, acclaim, squeal, clarinet, irreconcilable, clarion, exclaim, claret, claimant, ecclesiastic, conciliar, ecclesial, clas, 30 more
through Latin clāmō ‘yell’
claim, proclamation, reclamation, exclamation, clamour, clamor, 9 more
Today it means
adj Urgent.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “clamant”; 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- / clamant