cálculo

Portuguese

/ˈkaw.ku.lo/

noun
Definitions
  • (mathematics) calculus differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
  • calculation, computation
  • (medicine) calculus stony concretion
  • (poetic) pebble

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculus (pebble, stone used for reckoning on a counting board, calculating, abacus, stone, a pebble stone used as reckoning counters in w, Roman abacus, reckoning) derived from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (pebble).

Origin

Ancient Greek

χάλιξ

Gloss

pebble

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms