cyve

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French cive and Anglo-Norman chive, from Latin cēpa.

Alternative forms

• cheve, syve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːv(ə)/, /ˈtʃɛːv(ə)/

Noun

cyve (plural cyves)

1. chive (Allium schoenoprasum)

Derived terms

• cyvee

Descendants

• English: chive
• Scots: sye, sythe

References

• “cīve (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.

Etymology 2

From Old English sife.

Noun

cyve

1. Alternative form of sive