chithe
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) wax
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cire inherited from Latin cēra (wax).
Origin
Latin
cēra
Gloss
wax
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adipocere English
- adipocire English
- ceraceous English
- ceramide English
- cero- English
- cera Latin
- cero Latin
- cerosus Latin
- cēra Latin
- cera Italian
- cire French
- cera Spanish, Castilian
- sere Middle English
- cire Old French
- cera Catalan, Valencian
- ceară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- céir Old Irish
- chither Norman
- cera Old Portuguese
- tsearã Aromanian
- cera Occitan
- cera Asturian
- cere Friulian
- cira Sicilian
- caira Dalmatian
- *kuɨr Proto-Brythonic