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Where does “socculus” come from?

socculus (Latin) comes from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

Ancestry of “socculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
2Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe

Words derived from “socculus”

  • socle
  • zocalo
  • zoccolo
  • zócalo
  • zoccolo
  • zoccolaio
  • zoccolare
  • zoccolata
  • socle
  • Sockel
  • сокл
  • цокл
  • kontinentalsokkel
  • sokkel
  • sokkel
  • kontinentalsokkel
  • cokla
  • zócalo
Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος →