Where does “king quail” come from?
king quail (English) comes from English Quail, from Middle English quaylen, from Old French coaillier, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
king quail (English): A bird of the species Synoicus chinensis
Definitions
- A bird of the species Synoicus chinensis
Ancestry of “king quail”, step by step
king quail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Quail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Quail | To waste away; to fade, to wither |
| 2 | Middle English | quaylen | To be afflicted by disease or wasting; to become... |
| 3 | Old French | coaillier | to curdle |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 5 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 6 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English King
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | King | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K |
| 2 | Middle English | king | king monarch |
| 3 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |