From discolçâ, or from a Vulgar Latin root *disculceus or *discalceus, from discalceō, or less likely from Latindisculciātus, but possibly influenced by it. Compare Venetian descolz, Romanian desculț, Sardinian iscultzu, isciurtzu, iscurtu, iscúlciu. Cf. also Italian scalzo, Venetian descalso, descalço, Catalan descalç, Occitan descauç, French déchaux, Portuguese descalço, Spanish descalzo.