gayole

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, gaiole, from Latin caveola.[1] Forms with /v/ may reflect Old French forms that retain the medial labial of Latin caveola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæi̯ˈɔːl(ə)/, /ɡaːˈɔːl(ə)/, /d͡ʒæi̯ˈɔːl(ə)/[2]
  • (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈɡæi̯(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈɡaː(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒæi̯(ɔ)l(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒavəl(ə)/

Noun

gayole

  1. jail, prison (place for confining prisoners)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: jail, gaol
  • Scots: jile, jyle

References

  1. ^ ǧaiol(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Strandberg, Otto (1919), “jayol”, in The rime-vowels of Cursor mundi; a phonological and etymological investigation[1], Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B., →OCLC, § 370, page 183.