caliche
English
/kəˈlitʃi/
noun
Definitions
- (mineral) A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
- A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian caliche derived from Latin calx (heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar).
Origin
Latin
calx
Gloss
heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calcite English
- calcium English
- calx English
- *calcestris Latin
- *calciāta Latin
- *calcīna Latin
- *incalciāre Latin
- calcareus Latin
- calcariensis Latin
- calcarius Latin
- calcatrippa Latin
- calceus Latin
- calceāta Latin
- calcium Latin
- calcivorus Latin
- calco Latin
- calculus Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Kalk German
- scalciare Italian
- ка́льций Russian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- kalk Danish
- اَل Arabic
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- calc Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- cailc Old Irish
- *kalk Old Dutch
- kalk Middle Low German