Where does “calçar” come from?

calçar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese calçar, from Latin calceō, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

calçar (Portuguese): to shoe

Definitions

  1. to shoe

Ancestry of “calçar”, step by step

calçar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese calçar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecalçar—
2Latincalceōto shoe, furnish with shoes
3Latincalceusshoe
4Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
5Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Latin calcō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalcōto trample, tread on

Words derived from “calçar”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin calx →Every word from Latin calceus →