Where does “camail” come from?

camail (French) comes from Old French camail, from Occitan capmalh — aventail.

camail (French): camail, capuchin

Definitions

  1. camail, capuchin

Ancestry of “camail”, step by step

camail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French camail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcamail—
2Occitancapmalhaventail

via Old Occitan capmalh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancapmalh—

Words derived from “camail”

Every word from Occitan capmalh →Every word from Old French camail →
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