Where does “calavera” come from?

calavera (Catalan) comes from Latin calvāria, from Latin calva, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

calavera (Catalan): skull; libertine, playboy

Definitions

  1. skull; libertine, playboy

Ancestry of “calavera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalvāriaa skull
2Latincalvathe bald scalp of the head; skull;...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “calavera”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →