calci-

1. a combining form of calcium, used with the meaning “calcium salt” or “calcite” in the formation of compound words:

   calciferous.

calci-

combining_form

1. indicating lime or calcium

   calcify

Word History and Origins

Origin of calci-¹

< Latin calc- (stem of calx lime; chalk ) + -i-

Word History and Origins

Origin of calci-¹

from Latin calx, calc- limestone

Example Sentences

Ionut Ciprian Calciu and Lacramioara Pop, Romania Calci, 32, was at La Belle Equipe cafe with his girlfriend Mariana Lacramioara Pop, 29, when a drive-by shooter killed them.

From The Guardian

Judge Nino hearing this, and seeing that he was not well able to defend himself, left the city and went to his castle of Calci, and allied himself with the Florentines and Lucchese to make war against Pisa.

From Project Gutenberg

In medio etiam epistolae libri octaui de Clitumno fonte non solum uertici calx additus, et calci uertex, sed decem quoque epistolae interpositae, ac ex Nono libro Octauus factus, et ex Octauo Nonus, Idque beneficio exemplaris correctissimi, & mirae, ac uenerandae Vetustatis.”

From Project Gutenberg

And unlike the way through the Pineta to the sea, the road, so often trodden by the victorious armies of Florence, is desolate and sombre, while beside the way to-day a disused tramway leads to Calci in the hills.

From Project Gutenberg

The squadre of the north were, Santa Maria with a banner of blue and white; San Michele, whose colours were white and red; the Calci, white and green and gold; Calcesana, yellow and black; the Mattaccini, white, blue, and peach-blossom; the Satiri, red and black.

From Project Gutenberg