myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of calice

1. Etymology of the Italian word calice

the Italian word calice

derived from the Latin word calix (cup, goblet, a vessel for drinking)

Catalan cals, Dutch kalk, Dutch kelk, English chalice, English chalk, French calice, French chaux, German Kalk, German Kelch, Icelandic kalk, Italian calcagno, Italian calce, Latin calces, Latin calices, Norwegian kalk, Norwegian kaleikur, Portuguese cal, Provençal calz, Spanish cal, Spanish caliz, Swedish kalk

derived from the Italian word calice

derived from the Latin word calyx (husk, cup-shaped protective covering; calyx, cup; two plants; one like arum; other anchusa)

derived from the Greek word kalux, κάλυξ

derived from the Greek word kaluptein, καλύπτω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kel-