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CALM , an See also:

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective meaning peaceful, quiet; particularly used of the See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, See also:

FREE

free from See also:

wind or See also:

storm, or of the See also:

sea, opposed to rough. The word appears in See also:

French calme, through which it came into See also:

ENGLISH

English, in See also:

SPANISH

Spanish, Portuguese and See also:

ITALIAN

Italian calma. Most authorities follow See also:

Diez (Etym. Worterbuch der romanischen Sprachen) in tracing the origin to the See also:

Low Latin cauma, an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of See also:

Greek Kai ia, burning See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, Kalew, to See also:

BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn. The Portuguese calma has this meaning as well as that of quiet. The connexion would be heat of the See also:

day, See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest during that See also:

period, so quiet, rest, peacefulness. The insertion of the 1, which in English See also:

PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation disappears, is probably due to the Latin color, heat, with which the word was associated.

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