Words that come from Proto-Italic “kawos”
400 words across 43 languages descend from Proto-Italic kawos — including cave, jail, cavity, cage, cavern, concave, Cage, gaol.
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English (178)
- cave
- jail
- cavity
- cage
- cavern
- concave
- Cage
- gaol
- cavernous
- jailer
- cava
- decoy
- excavate
- gaoler
- cavil
- cavitation
- Jael
- cajole
- cajoling
- caving
- jailor
- excavator
- jailhouse
- caveman
- caval
- birdcage
- cajolery
- intracavitary
- cavus
- caveolin
- intracavity
- biconcave
- jailbird
- gabion
- cavitary
- caverned
- jailbreak
- cavatina
- microcavity
- cavelike
- cavetto
- intracavernous
- caver
- cavernoma
- jailbait
- cavitate
- cavernously
- cavitational
- Cagean
- cagelike
- postcaval
- bicaval
- aortocaval
- ischiocavernosus
- retrocaval
- cajolingly
- portocaval
- cavewoman
- cavefish
- multicavity
- concavely
- deke
- quasiconcave
- cageful
- caveolar
- nanocavity
- caviler
- cajolement
- cajoler
- cavernlike
- nanocage
- encage
- supercavitation
- endocavitary
- cavernicolous
- gaolbird
- uncage
- jailable
- decoyman
- intercavernous
- paracaval
- intracaval
- cavillation
- cageless
- cager
- planoconcave
- cagework
- jailkeeper
- nonconcave
- caveola
- jailyard
- postcava
- jailoress
- cagebird
- cavemouth
- noncavitary
- decoyer
- microcavitation
- cavegirl
- convexoconcave
- jailtime
- iliocaval
- caveperson
- jaileress
- excavatable
- pericaval
- cavemanlike
- cagemate
- jailmate
- cavitied
- concaveness
- jailward
- anticavity
- jailee
- nonjail
- gaolkeeper
- intercavitary
- caveless
- homecage
- gaolwards
- encave
- subcavity
- jailership
- caveboy
- pseudoconcave
- cageling
- jailbreaker
- incage
- jaillike
- extracavernous
- paracavernous
- saxicavous
- gaolyard
- subconcave
- gaoleress
- cavityless
- concavoconcave
- concavously
- concavation
- discage
- gabioned
- incavated
- incavation
- praecava
- rejail
- engaol
- enjail
- battery cage
- photocage
- man cave
- superjail
- jailless
- buccal cavity
- spoon excavator
- intercave
- incaverned
- concavous
- incaved
- gaolable
- gaoldom
- gaolish
- gaolless
- gaolmate
- gaolward
- cajoleth
- cajolest
- transcavitary
- decoyable
- cagewash
- incave
- gaolbreaker
- cavemate
- jaildom
- gabionage
- decage
- minicavity
- queen-cage
- caviller
Latin (46)
- cavea
- cavere
- cava
- cavus
- caverna
- cavillor
- cavilla
- cavitas
- concavus
- caveola
- incavatus
- incavare
- cavare
- cavernatim
- cavo
- excavo
- excavare
- cavernosus
- caverno
- cavatus
- cavillatio
- cavillans
- cavillaturus
- cavillatus
- excavans
- excavaturus
- excavatus
- excavandus
- cavernicolus
- concavitas
- cavifrons
- cavula
- cavirostris
- cavamen
- cavillabundus
- cavernans
- cavillandus
- cavans
- cavaturus
- cavandus
- cavitate
- cavata
- cavillare
- concave
- caver
- concavo