calcanhar

Meaning

heel (part of the foot)

Concepts

heel

heart

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Translations

talon

talón

Ferse

hiel

taló

calx

calcagno

tallone

φτέρνα

Hacke

tacco

γέρνω

tacón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: calcāneum

Inherited from Latin: calx

Cognate with Spanish: calcañar

In summary

From the now uncommon and mostly slang term calcanho (“foot; heel”), itself from Latin calcāneum (“heel”) (whence also the learned borrowing calcâneo), from Latin calx; less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Appears as calcannar in Old Galician-Portuguese. Compare Spanish calcañar.