cravo
Portuguese
/ˈkɾa.vu/, /ˈkɾa.vo/
noun
Definitions
- horseshoe nail
- a type of nail used to crucify people
- (botany) carnation a flower, m
- (botany) clove a tree, Syzygium aromaticum, syn. taxlink
- (cooking) unexpanded bud of the clove tree, used as spice
- pimple inflamed spot on the skin
- (dermatology) clavus; corn callous growth on the foot
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cravo (nail) inherited from Latin clāvus (nail, a nail, pin) inherited from Proto-Italic *klāwos derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- (nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors, key, hook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u-
Gloss
nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors, key, hook
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
💅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clavus English
- angusticlavius Latin
- clavarium Latin
- clavo Latin
- clavus Latin
- clavō Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvāre Latin
- inclavō Latin
- inclāvāre Latin
- chiavo Italian
- chiodo Italian
- clou French
- clavadora Spanish, Castilian
- clavero Spanish, Castilian
- clavo Spanish, Castilian
- desclavar Spanish, Castilian
- enclavar Spanish, Castilian
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- cravar Portuguese
- encravar Portuguese
- clou Old French
- clou (de girofle) Old French
- clou de girofle, clou Old French
- cravo Galician
- cheotoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cravo Old Portuguese
- *klaudō Proto-Italic
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- *klāwos Proto-Italic
- clavu Asturian
- claud Friulian
- clavo Old Spanish
- ciodo Venetian
- ciuodo Istriot
- chicaclavó San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- clavo Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
- klawojkolo Chamicuro
- klávo Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec