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Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“removing”) + calx, calceus (“heel”, “shoe”) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs). Compare calceō (“I shoe", "I put on shoes”), discalceō (“I pull off or remove my shoes”) and its descendants such as French déchausser.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēcalciō (present infinitive dēcalciāre, perfect active dēcalciāvī, supine dēcalciātum); first conjugation
- (New Latin) to take off or remove shoes
Conjugation
References
- decalcio (-ceo) in Ramminger, Johann (2024 December 20 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016