Etymograph

English

calk

Calk comes from Latin calcō ‘to trample’, and goes back to calx ‘heel’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalx‘heel’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalcō‘to trample’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentcalque
  4. Englishtodaycalk

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalx‘heel’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalcō‘to trample’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentcalque
  4. Englishtodaycalk

Linked words

through Latin calx ‘heel’

calcium, calculus, chalk, causeway, recalcitrant, calcareous, calcite, calzone, caulk, 34 more

through Latin calcō ‘to trample’

quilt, counterpoint, inculcate, 9 more

Today it means

verb To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin calx / calk

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