Where does “calaverite” come from?
calaverite (English) comes from Spanish calavera, from Latin calvāria, from Latin calva, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
calaverite (English): A mineral form of gold telluride
Definitions
- A mineral form of gold telluride
Ancestry of “calaverite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | calavera | skull; death's-head hawkmoth; libertine, playboy,... |
| 2 | Latin | calvāria | a skull |
| 3 | Latin | calva | the bald scalp of the head; skull;... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |