gouffre

French

noun

Definitions

pit or shaft cave, pothole
chasm

Etymology

Inherited from Latin colpus (strike, hit) derived from Ancient Greek κόλπος (bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κόλπος

Gloss

bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

江

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

colpo- English
colpus English
colaphus Latin
colfos Latin
colfus Latin
colpus Latin
coup French
engouffrer French
βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
κόλπος Ancient Greek
*kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
coper Old French
κόλπος Greek (modern)
colp Old Catalan