Where does “joue” come from?

joue (French) comes from Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

joue (French): cheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. cheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “joue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjoecheek
2Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota

Words derived from “joue

Every word from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)otaEvery word from Old French joe