Where does “roi caille” come from?

roi caille (French) comes from French caille, from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Ancestry of “roi caille”, step by step

roi caille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French caille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaillemulticoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of...
2Frenchcaillerto curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass...
3Old FrenchquaillerAlternative form of coaillier
4Vulgar Latincoaglare
5Latincoāgulōto curdle; make thick, solid
6Latincoāgulumtie, bond, binding agent
7Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via French roi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchroiking
2Middle Frenchroyking
3Old Frenchroiking
4Latinrēxking, ruler
5Proto-Italicrēksking
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-