Where does “calcetto” come from?
calcetto (Italian) comes from Italian calcio, from New Latin calcium, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
calcetto (Italian): table football; five-a-side football
Definitions
- table football; five-a-side football
Ancestry of “calcetto”, step by step
calcetto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian calcio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | calcio | a kick; association football, soccer; butt |
| 2 | New Latin | calcium | genitive plural of calx; calcium |
| 3 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin calceus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 2 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material |