causeway
English
/ˈkɔːz.weɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A road that is raised, so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles. Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cauceweye derived from caucee derived from Old French caucie derived from Latin *calciāta, 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
- causewayed English
- chaussée 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
- calciāta Latin
- calco Latin
- calculus Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Chaussee German
- Kalk German
- scalciare Italian
- chaussée French
- ка́льций Russian
- шоссе́ Russian
- alcanzable Spanish, Castilian
- alcanzar Spanish, Castilian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- calzada Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- szosa Polish
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- cauceweye Middle English
- kalk Danish
- اَل Arabic
- caucie Old French
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- șosea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- calc Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- şose Turkish
- cailc Old Irish
- cauchie Norman
- caûchie Norman
- şose Azerbaijani
- *kalk Old Dutch
- calçada Old Portuguese
- kalk Middle Low German
- şose Northern Kurdish
- şosse Crimean Tatar
- caucee ONF.
- chaucee, caucie ONF.