calvous

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kl̥h₂wós
2. Latin · borrowed fromcalvus“bald, hairless”
3. English todaycalvous

Borrowed from Latin calvus (“bald, hairless”) (of unclear origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂wós or *kalw- (“bald; naked”), from a root *kl̥H- + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality).

Words from the same roots