Meaning
To reach out with one's voice.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call From Middle English callen, from Old English ċeallian (“to call, shout”) and Old Norse kalla (“to call; shout; refer to as; name”); both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *golH-so- (“voice, cry”), from *gel(H)- (“to vocalize, call, shout”). Cognates * Scots call, caw, ca (“to call, cry, shout”) * Dutch kallen (“to chat, talk”) * German Low German kallen (“to speak, talk”) * German kallen (“to call”) * Swedish kalla (“to call, refer to, beckon”) * Norwegian kalle (“to call, name”) * Danish kalde (“to call, name”) * Icelandic kalla (“to call, shout, name”) * Welsh galw (“to call, demand”) * Polish głos (“voice”) * Lithuanian gal̃sas (“echo”) * Russian голос (golos, “voice”) * Albanian gjuhë (“language, tongue”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 44 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-07-18CAEILPT
- 2026-07-06CAEHLNV
- 2026-06-29CAFILNU
- 2026-06-22CAEHILM
- 2026-05-17LACDORT
- 2026-05-08CAOIGLY
- 2026-04-05ACTIFLY
- 2026-03-15LARDCIY
- 2026-03-03ABCEKLO
- 2026-01-16CAMLFEI
- 2025-12-09LRAOCBN
- 2025-12-02CLAKEDH
+32 earlier appearances in the archive.