dorveille

Old French

noun

Definitions

dozing, drowsiness; more precisely, a state intermediate between being asleep and being awake
(figurative) daydream, folly

Etymology

Compound from Old French dormir (sleep) + Old French veiller (be awake, be alert).

Origin

Old French

veiller

Gloss

be awake, be alert

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

dorveille English
dormīre Latin
dormīre, dormiō, dormio Latin
vigilō Latin
dormir Old French
veiller Old French
dormi Norman
dormir Middle French
dorveille Middle French
veigler Middle French
doirmi Walloon