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
- Augmentative of caveira; an armoured vehicle used...
Ancestry of “caveirão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | caveira | skull |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | caaveyra | — |
| 3 | Latin | calavaria | — |
| 4 | Latin | calvāria | a skull |
| 5 | Latin | calva | the bald scalp of the head; skull;... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |