Etymology Explorer › FrenchWhere does “chaussée” come from? chaussée (French) comes from Old French chauciee, from Vulgar Latin calciata, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
chaussée (French): highway; street; surface; causeway
Definitions highway; street; surface; causeway Ancestry of “chaussée”, step by step chaussée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French chauciee Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old French chauciee — 2 Vulgar Latin calciata paved road; nominative feminine singular of... 3 Latin calx limestone; chalk; the finish line 4 Ancient Greek χάλιξ small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
via Latin calciāta Step Language Word Meaning 1 Latin calciāta — 2 Latin calcō to trample, tread on 3 Latin -ō suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs 4 Proto-Indo-European -ō Derives nouns from roots
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