chauve
French
adj
Definitions
- Bald; devoid of hair; often used substantively.
- Bare, barren; devoid of a thing (such as vegetation); often construed with de.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin calvus (bald, without hair, hairless) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-wó-s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kl̥H-wó-s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calvous English
- calveo Latin
- calvities Latin
- calvus Latin
- decalvo Latin
- recalvus Latin
- sōrex, calva sorex Latin
- calvo Italian
- chauve-souris French
- souris French
- calvo Spanish, Castilian
- *klh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥H-wó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- calvo Portuguese
- calb Catalan, Valencian
- kalva Ido
- calvo Old Portuguese
- *kalowos Proto-Italic
- calvu Asturian
- sovsouri Mauritian Creole
- sovsouri Seychellois Creole