gaiole
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Cognate to Spanish gayola, Portuguese gaiola.
Noun
gaiole f (oblique plural gaioles, nominative singular gaiole, nominative plural gaioles)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (jaiole)
- gaiole on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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