glaive
Old French
noun
Definitions
- sword
Etymology
Derived from Latin gladius (sword, gladius, Roman short sword) derived from Gaulish gladebo (sword) derived from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (sword).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kladiwos
Gloss
sword
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
刀, 剣
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gladius English
- glaive English
- *exgladiāre Latin
- gladius Latin
- ghiado Italian
- gladio Italian
- gladius Dutch, Flemish
- glaive French
- gladio Spanish, Castilian
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- glaive Middle English
- *kladivo Proto-Slavic
- glavo Esperanto
- glavo Ido
- claideb Old Irish
- *kladiwos Proto-Celtic
- glave Middle Low German
- glaven Old Swedish
- gláede Middle Irish
- gläv Volapük
- *klėðɨβ̃ Proto-Brythonic
- *kladyos Gaulish
- gladebo Gaulish