Where does “chaucier” come from?

chaucier (Old French) comes from Old French chauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

chaucier (Old French): to shoe; to put shoes on; hosier

Definitions

  1. to shoe; to put shoes on; hosier

Ancestry of “chaucier”, step by step

chaucier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French chauce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchaucestocking
2Vulgar Latincalceagarment covering foot and leg
3Latincalceusshoe
4Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
5Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Latin calceō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalceōto shoe, furnish with shoes
2Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “chaucier

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin calxEvery word from Latin calceus