calque
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From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation.
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calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)
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calque
Deverbal from calquer, borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”).
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