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Where does “jas” come from?

jas (French) comes from Occitan jatz, from Latin jacium, from Latin jacēre.

jas (French): sheepfold

Definitions

  1. sheepfold

Ancestry of “jas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanjatz—
2Latinjacium—
3Latinjacēre—
Every word from Latin jacēre →