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Italian calzone, calzoni, 'pants, trousers, breeches' is literally a 'big sock' is from calza 'sock', which latter is from Late Latin calcea 'stocking', ultimately from Latin calx, calcis, 'heel', (not to be confused with its synonym, 'small pebble, stone'). The main word for shoe in Italian is scarpa. Italian calzetta is a diminutive of calza, but calzetteria means 'shoe-maker's shop'. The -ria part is probably related to English -ry in armory,
The Roman emperor, Caligula, got his nickname growing up in a German legionary camp, from caliga 'a soldier's shoe'. His name meant something like bootsy.
Cafeteria is from New World Spanish, from French cafetera 'coffee-maker'.
And my favorite, in German a glove is a Handshuh, literally a hand-shoe.
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Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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