Κυριακή 14 Νοεμβρίου 2010

Etymology of caliber

Origin of caliber

Caliber comes from the old French calibre (14c.), from the Arabic qalib "a mold, last", which derives from the Greek calapous [Gr: καλάπους] "a shoemaker's last" lit. "little wooden foot," from calon "wood" + pous "foot"*.


From the same root: calibrate, calibration.


In modern Greek:
a) calapodi: a shoemaker's last, a little wooden foot [Gr: καλαπόδι]
b) calibraro: calibrate [Gr:καλιμπράρω], loanword


* Babiniotis G. Etymological Lexicon of Modern Greek Language p614 and p615
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