cheville
French
noun
Definitions
- ankle
- dowel, peg
- wall plug
- (poetry) cheville
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cheville inherited from Latin *cavicla, clāvicula (little key).
Origin
Latin
clāvicula
Gloss
little key
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cheville English
- *cavicla Latin
- *clavicla Latin
- *clāvicla Latin
- *cāvic(u)la, *cavicula Latin
- *cāvicla Latin
- clavicularius Latin
- clāvicula Latin
- chevillier French
- clavicule French
- cheville Old French
- g'vil'ye Norman
- gvil Norman
- cjavile Friulian
- chivi Antillean Creole