calx

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 218 words | Copyright

calx (alch. and early chem.) powder resulting from calcination of a mineral. XV. — L., ‘lime-(stone)’, prob. — Gr. khálix pebble, limestone. Cf. CALCINE, CALCULATE, CALCULUS, and CHALK.

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