calcar.
to trample, to crush
Meaning & usage
to trample, to crush
to press (grapes, etc.)
to humiliate, to subjugate
to base a work on (a previous one)
to copy a work
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calcāre Portuguese calcar Inherited from Latin calcāre.
spur
in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike
in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calcāre Portuguese calcar Inherited from Latin calcāre.
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