Etymology

calced

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Today it means: Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear. Full definition →

Latin calceus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalceus“calceus, footwear”
  2. English todaycalced

A back-formation from discalced, with reference to Latin calceus (“calceus, footwear”).

Words from the same roots

Latincalceus all →

calceiformcalceus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.