caium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaj.jũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.jum]

Noun

caium n (genitive caiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) storehouse, shop, workshop
2. (Medieval Latin) quay, wharf

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	caium	caia
genitive	caiī	caiōrum
dative	caiō	caiīs
accusative	caium	caia
ablative	caiō	caiīs
vocative	caium	caia

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: kay, kei, key, keye, cay, quay
    • Middle French: cay, quay, quai
      • French: quai
        • → English: quai
    • → Galician: cai
    • → Irish: cé
    • → Middle English: key, keye, kaye, kay, cay
      • English: quay, cay (obsolete)
        • → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
        • → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
        • → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
        • → Serbo-Croatian: кеј / kej
  • Old Occitan:
    • Occitan: cai, cais
      • → Galician: caes
      • → Portuguese: cais