claim

English

/kleɪm/

noun
Definitions
  • A demand of ownership made for something.
  • The thing claimed.
  • The right or ground of demanding.
  • A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
  • A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
  • (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English claimen derived from Old French clamer (name, send for, call) derived from Latin clāmō, clamo, clāmāre (call, cry out) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise), *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kelh₁-

Gloss

shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise

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