Words that come from Latin “calx”

400 words across 36 languages descend from Latin calx — including calculation, calculate, calcium, chalk, Chaucer, calculus, Chelsea, quilt.

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English (176)

Italian (73)

Latin (53)

French (31)

Dutch (5)

Icelandic (5)

Esperanto (4)

Cebuano (3)

Catalan (3)

Asturian (3)

Russian (3)

Swedish (3)

Aromanian (3)

Latvian (3)

Irish (2)

Galician (2)

Tagalog (2)

Turkish (2)

Welsh (2)

Ido (2)

Sicilian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Friulian (2)

Middle French (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Armenian (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Czech (1)

Greek (1)

Tulu (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Japanese (1)

Maltese (1)

Istriot (1)