Etymology

calcography

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Today it means: drawing with chalk Full definition →

Latin calx
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalx“chalk”
  2. English todaycalcography

From Latin calx (“chalk”) + English -graphy (“written”).

Words from the same roots

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calciumchalkcausewaycalcitecalichecalcaneumcalthemitecaltropcalx

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