caviglia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan cavilla (compare modern cavilha), from Vulgar Latin *cāvic(u)la, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Compare the doublets cavicchia (inherited from Latin), clavicola (borrowed from Latin).
Noun
caviglia f (plural caviglie)
Descendants
- Greek: καβίλια f (kavília, “treenail, dowel, peg”)