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Where does “caille” come from?

caille (Old Irish) comes from Latin pallium — cloak; coverlet.

caille (Old Irish): veil; genitive singular of caill

Definitions

  1. veil; genitive singular of caill

Ancestry of “caille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalliumcloak; coverlet

Words derived from “caille”

  • K
  • Kelvin
  • capercaillie
  • K
  • 開爾文
  • cailleach
  • cailleach
  • coille
  • Kelvin
  • caillech
  • ard-chaillagh
  • caillagh
  • cailleach
  • capercailzie
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