gaiole

Old French

Alternative forms

gaole

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Cognate to Spanish gayola, Portuguese gaiola.

Noun

gaiole f (oblique plural gaioles, nominative singular gaiole, nominative plural gaioles)

prison; gaol; jail

Descendants

Asturian: xaula (borrowed)
English: gaol; jail (borrowed)
French: geôle

Galician: gaiola; xaula (borrowed)
Portuguese: jaula (borrowed)
Spanish: jaula (borrowed)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (jaiole)

gaiole on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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