English
jaillike
From jail + -like.
A compound of jail + -like
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
Today it means
adj Resembling, or characteristic of, a jail.
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Etymograph / jaillike