chalk
Middle English
/tʃalk/, /kalk/
noun
Definitions
- chalk
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cealc (chalk) derived from Latin calx (heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar) derived from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (pebble).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χάλιξ
Gloss
pebble
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chelsea English
- bechalk English
- calcite English
- calcium English
- calx English
- chalk English
- chalkable English
- chalkboard English
- chalkbrood English
- chalkdust English
- chalken English
- chalkland English
- chalkless English
- chalklike English
- chalkpit English
- chalkstone English
- chalky English
- chrysochalk English
- nitrochalk English
- rechalk English
- warchalk English
- *calcestris Latin
- *calciāta Latin
- *calcīna Latin
- *incalciāre Latin
- calcareus Latin
- calcariensis Latin
- calcarius Latin
- calcatrippa Latin
- calceus Latin
- calceāta Latin
- calcium Latin
- calcivorus Latin
- calco Latin
- calculo, calculō, calculāre Latin
- calculus Latin
- calculāre Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- calx, calcis Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Kalk German
- scalciare Italian
- ка́льций Russian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- チョーク Japanese
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- schalk Middle English
- schalke Middle English
- kalk Danish
- اَل Arabic
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- ชอล์ก Thai
- calc Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- cailc Old Irish
- *kalk Old Dutch
- kalk Middle Low German
- chaki Swahili
- ishoki Swati
- ܟܠܫܐ Classical Syriac
- चक Nepali
- ಚಾಕ್ Tulu