Where does “calzone” come from?

calzone (Italian) comes from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

calzone (Italian): trousers; calzone

Definitions

  1. trousers; calzone

Ancestry of “calzone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “calzone”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →