Where does “iole” come from?

iole (Portuguese) comes from English yawl, from Middle Low German jolle — dinghy.

iole (Portuguese): yawl a fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen

Definitions

  1. yawl a fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen

Ancestry of “iole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyawlA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six...
2Middle Low Germanjolledinghy
Every word from Middle Low German jolleEvery word from English yawl
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