toaille
Old French
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editEtymology
editEarly Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittoaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural toailles, nominative singular toaille, nominative plural toailles)
- towel (cloth used for washing or drying)
- c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- Li un ont les toailles prises
- Some took the towels
Descendants
edit- Franc-Comtois: tiuaille, tiueille, tuâye, kyẅeyu
- Middle French: touaille, toaille, touelle, tuaille
- French: touaille
- Picard: touaîye (Athois), duelle
- → Middle English: towayle, towaile, towelle, towell, towel, towail, towaille, tueil, touwayle, touel, twaile, tuell, touayl, touwayl, towayl, twayle, tawale, tewayll, toual, twaylle, towylle