cavernous
English
adj
Definitions
- Resembling a cavern; vast
- Having many caverns
- (dentistry) Having cavities
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cavernosus suffix from English cavern.
Origin
English
cavern
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bronchocavernous English
- cavern English
- caverned English
- cavernicolous English
- cavernlike English
- cavernoma English
- cavernously English
- extracavernous English
- intercavernous English
- intracavernous English
- mesocavern English
- noncavernous English
- paracavernous English
- pericavernous English
- caverna Latin
- cavernosus Latin
- cavernoso Italian
- caverneux French
- cavernoso Spanish, Castilian
- cavernoso Portuguese
- caverne Old French