English

jailkeeper

From jail + keeper.

A compound of jail + keeper

Proto-Italic *kawos

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Latin cavea ‘cavity, cage’

Latin caveola ‘little cage’

Anglo-Norman jaiole ‘prison’

Middle English gayole ‘jail, prison’

English jail

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun One who keeps a jail; a jailer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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