Where does “caveira” come from?
caveira (Portuguese) comes 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.
caveira (Portuguese): skull
Ancestry of “caveira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | caaveyra | — |
| 2 | Latin | calavaria | — |
| 3 | Latin | calvāria | — |
| 4 | Latin | calva | the bald scalp of the head; skull;... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “caveira”