caverna
Latin
noun
Definitions
- cave, cavern, grotto
- vault, chamber, cleft
- hold (cargo compartment of a ship)
Etymology
Affix from Latin cavus (hollow, concave, cavity, sunken).
Origin
Latin
cavus
Gloss
hollow, concave, cavity, sunken
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cavern English
- cavernous English
- cavus English
- *cova Latin
- cavernatim Latin
- caverno Latin
- cavernosus Latin
- cavifrons Latin
- cavirostris Latin
- cavitas Latin
- cavo Latin
- cavus Latin
- concavus Latin
- cavagno Italian
- caverna Italian
- cavernicolo Italian
- cavernoso Italian
- cavo Italian
- cave French
- caverne French
- caverneux French
- caverna Spanish, Castilian
- cavernoso Spanish, Castilian
- cavernícola Spanish, Castilian
- cavo Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱówHwos Proto-Indo-European
- caverna Portuguese
- cavernoso Portuguese
- caverne Old French
- cava Catalan, Valencian
- caverna Catalan, Valencian
- cavorco Galician
- cavernă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- căuș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gaură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zgăura Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- caverne Middle French
- gavrã Aromanian
- *kawos Proto-Italic