jaiole

Middle English

Noun

jaiole

1. Alternative form of gayole

Old French

Alternative forms

• gaiole, gaole (northern)
• jaole

Etymology

From Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea (“cage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɔlə/, (northern) /ɡa-/

Noun

jaiole oblique singular, f (oblique plural jaioles, nominative singular jaiole, nominative plural jaioles)

1. prison; gaol; jail

Derived terms

• jaiolier

Descendants

• Middle French: geole
  • French: geôle
• Walloon: gayoûle, gaïole
• Middle English: gayole, gaihole, gaiol, gaioll, gayhol, gayhole, jaiole; gaile, gaiole, gaole, gayel, gayl, gayle, geale, jale, javyll, jayle, jayll, ȝayle (Late Middle English)
  • English: jail, gaol
  • Scots: jile, jyle
• → Iberia:
  • Asturian: xaula
  • Galician: xaula
  • Portuguese: jaula
  • Spanish: jaula

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (jaiole)
• jaiole on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub