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Where does “caveirão” come from?

caveirão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese caveira, from Old Portuguese caaveyra, from Latin calavaria, from Latin calvāria, from Latin calva, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

caveirão (Portuguese): Augmentative of caveira; an armoured vehicle used...

Definitions

  1. Augmentative of caveira; an armoured vehicle used...

Ancestry of “caveirão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecaveiraskull
2Old Portuguesecaaveyra—
3Latincalavaria—
4Latincalvāria—
5Latincalvathe bald scalp of the head; skull;...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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