Cal factor
A calfactor (plural calfactors ; also calfactors , plural calfactors ) is an auxiliary worker or a servant who does simple work.
The word comes from the medieval Latin CALEFACTOR , which means "heater". It was adopted as a loan word in German in the 16th century . It was first used to denote the person who was responsible for running the warming room, the calefactorium , in medieval monasteries .
A calf factor today can also be a janitor or a prisoner who performs auxiliary services for the law enforcement officers and the administration in a prison (among prisoners in Germany mostly "Kalli", in Austria "Fazi"). The term is used in particular in what is now eastern Germany , but also in northern Germany, where a distinction is also made between house and court factor. In other regions it is called house workers, cleaners or schancers . In Switzerland, prisoners with special tasks on the ward (cleaning, distributing food, etc.) are also called cal factors.
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- ↑ Dudenredaktion (Ed.): Duden, Das Ursprungswictionaries. Etymology of the German language. In: The Duden in twelve volumes. 4th edition. Volume 7, Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-411-04074-2 , page 379.
- ^ Friedrich Kluge, edited by Elmar Seebold: Etymological Dictionary of the German Language . 24th, revised and expanded edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-017473-1 , DNB 965096742, page 461.