Where does “calc-tufa” come from?

calc-tufa (English) comes from English calc, from English calculation, from Middle English calculation, from Latin calculatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

calc-tufa (English): tufa

Definitions

  1. tufa

Ancestry of “calc-tufa”, step by step

calc-tufa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English calc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalcAbbreviation of calculus; Abbreviation of...
2EnglishcalculationThe act or process of calculating; The result of...
3Middle Englishcalculation
4Latincalculatiocomputation, calculation, reckoning
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English tufa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtufaCalcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a...
2Italiantufotuff
3Latintōfustuff (kind of rock)
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ