From: alexmoeller@...
Message: 17290
Date: 2002-12-26
>> In some dictionaries the verb "caleo" is given as beeing a loan fromI wonder if there are any cognates for Latin "caleo" = "warm"
>> Etruscan. ...> Greek = kalein
>
> caleo is a totally different word form calo/kalo. The root caleo
> shows the typical three-fold pattern of Latin stative verbs:
> caleo = to be warm
> calidus = warm
> calor = warmth
> (for this pattern cf rigeo, rigidus, rigor; timeo, timidus, timor,
> and many others).
> The etymology of this word is indeed unclear.