Where does “joue” come from?

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

joue (Middle French): cheek

Definitions

  1. cheek

Ancestry of “joue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjoecheek
2Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota →Every word from Old French joe →