Calle
/ˈkɑːjeɪ/noun
A street or roadway, especially in a Spanish-speaking region or in a Spanish-derived place name.
Did you know?In Latin, *callis* meant a path or track, including a narrow route made by repeated travel through difficult terrain; Spanish later applied it to an urban street.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
callis
“A path, track, or walkway, especially a narrow route through rough ground”
Late Latin
Latin
callis
“A road or passageway; the source of the Romance forms”
Old Spanish
Old Spanish
calle
“A street or roadway”
15th–16th Century
Spanish
calle
“An urban street, particularly in a town or city”
Modern English
English
calle
“A Spanish or Spanish-American street, often preserved in place names”