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English word clivus comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-, Proto-Indo-European - wós, and later Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós (Sloped, curved.)
*ḱley- (Proto-Indo-European)
- wós (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱleywós (Proto-Indo-European)
Sloped, curved.
*kleiwos (Proto-Italic)
clivus (Latin)
A slope, hill, rise.
clivus (English)
(anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.. (historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.