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Where does “calavera” come from?

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

calavera (Spanish): skull; death's-head hawkmoth; libertine, playboy,...

Definitions

  1. skull; death's-head hawkmoth; libertine, playboy,...

Ancestry of “calavera”, step by step

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

Words derived from “calavera”

  • calaverite
  • Calaveras
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →