gayole
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- gaihole, gaiol, gaioll, gayhol, gayhole, jaiole
- gaile, gaiole, gaole, gayel, gayl, gayle, geale, jale, javyll, jayle, jayll, ȝayle (Late Middle English)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, gaiole, from Latin caveola.[1] Forms with /v/ may reflect Old French forms that retain the medial labial of Latin caveola.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡæi̯ˈɔːl(ə)/, /ɡaːˈɔːl(ə)/, /d͡ʒæi̯ˈɔːl(ə)/[2]
- (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈɡæi̯(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈɡaː(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒæi̯(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒavəl(ə)/
Noun
[edit]gayole
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “ǧaiol(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Strandberg, Otto (1919), “jayol”, in The rime-vowels of Cursor mundi; a phonological and etymological investigation[1], Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B., →OCLC, § 370, page 183.