caium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *kagyom, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.jum/, [ˈkaj.jũ]

Noun

*caium n (genitive *caiī); second declension[1][2]

(Middle Latin) storehouse, shop, workshop
(Middle Latin) quay, wharf

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caium	caia
Genitive	caiī	caiōrum
Dative	caiō	caiīs
Accusative	caium	caia
Ablative	caiō	caiīs
Vocative	caium	caia

Descendants

Old French: kay, kei, key, keye, cay, quay
- Middle French: cay, quay, quai
  - French: quai
    - → English: quai
- → Middle English: key, keye, kaye, kay, cay
  - English: quay
  - → Irish: cé
Old Occitan:
- Occitan: cai
Galician: caes, cai

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “caja”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 114
caium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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