Where does “calote” come from?

calote (Galician) comes from French calotte, from Old Occitan calotta.

calote (Galician): scam fraudulent deal

Definitions

  1. scam fraudulent deal

Ancestry of “calote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalottezucchetto; kippah; calotte
2Old Occitancalotta—

Words derived from “calote”

Every word from Old Occitan calotta →Every word from French calotte →
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