Where does “calvaire” come from?

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

calvaire (French): calvary

Definitions

  1. calvary

Ancestry of “calvaire”, 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 “calvaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →