Where does “calvar” come from?

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

calvar (Romanian): calvary

Definitions

  1. calvary

Ancestry of “calvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalvairecalvary
2Latincalvāriaa skull
3Latincalvathe bald scalp of the head; skull;...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →