Etymology

Calica

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Tagalog Calica ← Spanish caliza
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromcaliza“limestone”
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromCalica
  3. English todayCalica

Borrowed from Tagalog Calica, a metonymic occupational surname from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.