pavoil
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *papēlium, from Latin papȳrius.
Noun
editpavoil oblique singular, m (oblique plural pavouz or pavoilz, nominative singular pavouz or pavoilz, nominative plural pavoil)
- a type of reed
References
edit- “pavoil”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 589