Where does “calcitrate” come from?
calcitrate (English) comes from Latin calcitratus, from Latin calcitro, from Latin *calcitrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
calcitrate (English): To kick
Ancestry of “calcitrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | calcitratus | kicked |
| 2 | Latin | calcitro | I strike with the heel; I kick |
| 3 | Latin | *calcitrum | — |
| 4 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -trom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |