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CALM , an adjective meaning peaceful, quiet; particularly used of the weather,See also: free from See also: wind or See also: storm, or of the See also: sea, opposed to rough
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The word appears in French calme, through which it came into See also: English, in See also: Spanish, Portuguese and See also: Italian calma
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Most authorities follow Diez (Etym
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Worterbuch der romanischen Sprachen) in tracing the origin to the Low Latin cauma, an adaptation of See also: Greek Kai ia, burning heat, Kalew, to See also: burn
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The Portuguese calma has this meaning as well as that of quiet
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The connexion would be heat of the See also: day, rest during that See also: period, so quiet, rest, peacefulness
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The insertion of the 1, which in English pronunciation disappears, is probably due to the Latin color, heat, with which the word was associated
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