Where does “caille” come from?
caille (French) comes from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
caille (French): multicoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of...
Definitions
- multicoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of...
Ancestry of “caille”, step by step
caille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cailler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cailler | to curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass... |
| 2 | Old French | quailler | Alternative form of coaillier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 4 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 5 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Old French quaille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quaille | quail |
| 2 | Late Latin | quaccola | quail |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kwakklā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- | to flee, escape |