calendar
From Late Latin kalendarium, from Latin, account book, from kalendae, calends (from the fact that monthly interest was due on the calends).A system of reckoning time in which the beginning, length, and divisions of a year are defined. Or a table showing the months, weeks, and days in a specific year.
calends also kalends n., pl. The day of the new moon and the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.
From the root kel
…, "to shout". Related words from Latin CLAMARE ("to shout"):CLAIM, CLAMANT, CLAMOR; ACCLAIM, DECLAIM, EXCLAIM, PROCLAIM, RECLAIM
Related words from Greek
kalei=n ("to call")ECCLESIA, PARACLETE,
From Latin calare ("to call out")
INTERCALATE*, NOMENCLATOR, nomenclature
* "To insert one or more days, or a month in a calendar"
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