köken: Inherited from Old French deschauz, from Vulgar Latin *discalceus, itself either from a shortening of Late Latin discalceātus, from discalceō, or from Latin dis- + calceus. Cognate with Occitan descauç, Catalan descalç, Spanish descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Italian scalzo, Walloon dischås, and Romanian desculț.
köken: Derived regressively from the verb scalzare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *excalceus, itself either from a shortening of Latin excalceatus, or from ex- + calceus. Compare Neapolitan scauzo, Sicilian scausu, Corsican scalzu; cf. also Spanish descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Catalan descalç, French déchaux, Friulian discolç, Romanian desculț, Ladin deschëuz, from a related Vulgar Latin root.