calavera

skull; death's-head hawkmoth (moth of the Acherontia genus); taillight

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-der. Proto-Italic *kalVwos Latin calvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Latin calvāria Old Spanish calavera Spanish calavera Inherited from Old Spanish calavera, from Latin calvāria, derived from Latin calvus (“bald”). A putative derivation from Latin cadāvera is considered folk etymology.

libertine, playboy, party animal

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-der. Proto-Italic *kalVwos Latin calvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Latin calvāria Old Spanish calavera Spanish calavera Inherited from Old Spanish calavera, from Latin calvāria, derived from Latin calvus (“bald”). A putative derivation from Latin cadāvera is considered folk etymology.