call: [OE] Essentially, call is a Scandinavian word, although it does occur once in an Old English text, the late 10th-century Battle of Maldon. It was borrowed from Old Norse kalla, which can be traced back via West and North Germanic *kal- to an Indo-European base *gol- (among other derivatives of this is Serbo-Croat glagól ‘word’, source of Glagolitic, a term for an early Slavic alphabet).
call (v.)
Old English ceallian "to call, shout," less common than clipian; replaced by related Old Norse kalla "to cry loudly," from Proto-Germanic *kall- (cognates: Dutch kallen "to talk," Old High German kallon "to call"), from PIE root *gal- (2) "to call, scream, shriek, shout" (cognates: Sanskrit garhati "bewail, criticize;" Latin gallus "cock;" Old High German klaga, German Klage "complaint, grievance, lament, accusation;" Old English clacu "affront;" Old Church Slavonic glasu "voice," glagolu "word;" Welsh galw "call"). Related: Called; calling.
Meaning "to give a name to" is mid-13c. Coin-toss sense is from 1801. Meaning "to visit" (Middle English) was literally "to stand at the door and call." Telephone/telegraph sense is from 1889. To call out someone to fight (1823) corresponds to French provoquer. To call it a day is from 1834.
call (n.)
early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.
雙語例句
1. Listen here, young lady. Don't you call me that!
你給我聽著，小姐。別那樣叫我！
來自柯林斯例句
2. Melanie promised that she would call them in the morning.
梅拉妮許諾第二天上午給他們打電話。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.
他們稱劃船是最佳運動，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。
來自柯林斯例句
4. President Najibullah said he would call a grand council of all Afghans.