The story
- Latin · derived fromcalx
- Latin · borrowed fromcalcāneum
- English todaycalcaneum
Borrowed from Latin calcāneum, from Latin calx, calcis (“heel”).
Words from the same roots
Latincalx all →
calciumchalkcausewaycalcitecalichecalcographycalthemitecaltropcalx
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.