calcate

English

Etymology

From Latin calcatus, the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”) parsed via English -ate (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calque.

Verb

calcate (third-person singular simple present calcates, present participle calcating, simple past and past participle calcated)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of trample: to crush or stomp underfoot.
   • 1657, Richard Tomlinson, translating Jean de Renou as A Medicinal Dispensatory, sig. Yyy4v:

     It should be calcated with ones feet.

Derived terms

• calcation
• calcatory

 

References

• “† calcate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

calcate

1. inflection of calcare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

calcate f pl

1. feminine plural of calcato

Anagrams

• laccate, leccata

Latin

Verb

calcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of calcō

Spanish

Verb

calcate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of calcar combined with te