Where does “kalipa” come from?
kalipa (Swahili) comes from English calipers, from English caliber, from French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic قَالِب, from Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ, from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον, from Ancient Greek κᾱλόπους — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
kalipa (Swahili): calipers
Definitions
- calipers
Ancestry of “kalipa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calipers | A device used to measure thickness between two... |
| 2 | English | caliber | Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically... |
| 3 | French | calibre | calibre; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | calibro | caliber, bore; callipers; template |
| 5 | Arabic | قَالِب | form, mold; form, mould; mold |
| 6 | Classical Syriac | ܩܠܒܝܕ | last |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καλοπόδιον | shoemaker's last |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κᾱλόπους | shoemaker's last |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |