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Where does “kalveso” come from?

kalveso (Ido) comes from Ido kalva, from Esperanto kalva, from Italian calvo, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Italic kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós — bald.

kalveso (Ido): baldness

Definitions

  1. baldness

Ancestry of “kalveso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idokalvabald
2Esperantokalvabald
3Italiancalvobald; bald man
4Latincalvusbald, hairless
5Proto-Italickalowos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklh₂wósbald
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