javelot
French
Etymology
From Old French javelot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.vlo/
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Further reading
- “javelot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *gabalottus (“spear”), from Gaulish *gabalos (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (“fork, branch of tree”).
Noun
javelot m (oblique plural javeloz or javelotz, nominative singular javeloz or javelotz, nominative plural javelot)
- javelin (weapon)
Descendants
- French: javelot
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