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Where does “jal” come from?

jal (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin Gallus, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

jal (Franco-Provençal): cock, rooster

Definitions

  1. cock, rooster

Ancestry of “jal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGallusAlternative letter-case form of gallus; Gaul;...
2Latinpāvō—
3Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish
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