Where does “Kay Sab” come from?

Kay Sab (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole kay, from French caille, from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō — resin, gum; to say, speak.

Kay Sab (Haitian Creole): and the most densely populated island in the world

Definitions

  1. and the most densely populated island in the world

Ancestry of “Kay Sab”, step by step

Kay Sab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole kay

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

via Haitian Creole sab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolesabsand
2Frenchsablésandy; biscuit sablé, shortbread; past participle...
3Old Frenchmartre sablesable marten; sable martin
4Middle Low Germansabel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-