cyve

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French cive and Anglo-Norman chive, from Latin cēpa.

Alternative forms

cheve, syve

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːv(ə)/, /ˈtʃɛːv(ə)/

Noun

cyve (plural cyves)

chive (Allium schoenoprasum)

Derived terms

cyvee

Descendants

English: chive
Scots: sye, sythe

References

“cīve (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.

Etymology 2

From Old English sife.

Noun

cyve

Alternative form of sive

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