Etymology of the Latin word cavus
the Latin word
cavus (hollow or cave; hole, cavity, depression; hollow, excavated, hollowed out; sunken; deep, having deep channel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*keuÉ™-Derivations in Latin
cau,
gavula,
caverna,
cavitas,
cava,
cavo,
cavea,
concavus,
cavula,
cavulae,
cavernosusDerivations in other languages
English
cava, English
cavicorn, French
cave, French
cavicorne, French
gavon, Italian
cavo, Italian
cavana, Italian
gavina, Italian
gavigne, Italian
covone, Portuguese
cavo, Spanish
cavo, Spanish
cavicornioCognates
Catalan
cau, French
cave, Italian
cavo, Spanish
cavo
