Where does “Kaliko” come from?
Kaliko (Hawaiian) comes from Spanish calicó, from French calicot, from English calico, from English Calicut, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “Kaliko”, step by step
Kaliko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish calicó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | calicó | calico |
| 2 | French | calicot | calico |
| 3 | English | calico | A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and... |
| 4 | English | Calicut | — |
| 5 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 6 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |