corbel
English
/ˈkɔːbəl/
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French corbel (crow) derived from Latin corbellus, corvus (crow, raven).
Origin
Latin
corvus
Gloss
crow, raven
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
烏
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Corbin English
- Corbyn English
- Corvus English
- corbelled English
- corvus English
- *corbus Latin
- corbellus Latin
- corvinus Latin
- corvus Latin
- corvo Italian
- cuervo Spanish, Castilian
- βοῦς Ancient Greek
- *ḱorh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- corvo Portuguese
- corb Old French
- corbe Old French
- corbeau Old French
- corbel Old French
- korvo Esperanto
- corb Catalan, Valencian
- corb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- korb Albanian
- corbeau Middle French
- corvo Old Portuguese
- corbu Aromanian
- còrb Occitan
- *korwos Proto-Italic
- corv Romansh
- cuervu Asturian
- corvat Friulian
- corbeâ Bourguignon