towel
English
/taʊl/
noun
Definitions
- A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English towayle derived from Old French toaille (towel) derived from Frankish *þwahilu (cloth) derived from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (wash).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þwahaną
Gloss
wash
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dish English
- dishtowel English
- hand English
- hand towel English
- head English
- headed English
- tea English
- tea towel English
- towelette English
- towelhead English
- towelheaded English
- towelless English
- towellike English
- toallia Latin
- touaille French
- toalla Spanish, Castilian
- *þwahaną Proto-Germanic
- タオル Japanese
- hand towelle Middle English
- towayle Middle English
- towel Middle English
- þvá Old Norse
- toaille Old French
- toalla Galician
- dwahila Old High German
- 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þwahan gmw-pro
- *þwahilu gmw-pro
- thwan Old Dutch
- thwān Old Dutch
- ટુવાલ Gujarati
- thwahan Old Saxon
- Zwächele Alemannic German
- taulo Swahili
- toballa Asturian
- *thwahila Frankish
- *þwahilu Frankish
- toalha Old Occitan
- tuáille Middle Irish
- to̧o̧l Marshallese
- to̧o̧lin Marshallese
- itawuli Xhosa
- taul Tok Pisin
- taul Fiji Hindi
- tenegey Yami
- taolu Tsou