Where does “calvāria” come from?

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

calvāria (Latin): a skull

Definitions

  1. a skull

Ancestry of “calvāria”, step by step

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

Words derived from “calvāria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin calva →