Where does “scalzatura” come from?
scalzatura (Italian) comes from Italian scalzare, from Latin excalceo, from Latin calceō, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
scalzatura (Italian): sapping, undermining
Ancestry of “scalzatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scalzare | to take off a shoe, sock; to bare the roots of a... |
| 2 | Latin | excalceo | I remove the shoes from |
| 3 | Latin | calceō | — |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |