PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Not securely. The traditional analysis is morphologically and semantically irregular; an alternative links Latin calculus and Greek stone words through a possible shared substrate source.
/ˈkælkjəˌleɪt/ · verb
To determine mathematically or estimate, borrowed from a Latin family built around counting with pebbles.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Publishes the traditional calculus and calx analysis while describing its irregularity.
Etymology noteRecords an alternative borrowing analysis and the weakness of a regular diminutive derivation.
Etymology noteThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.