caium

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *kagyom, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”). Doublet of cohum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkai̯.i̯um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.jum/,

Noun

caium n (genitive caiī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) storehouse, shop, workshop
(Medieval Latin) quay, wharf

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caium	caia
Genitive	caiī	caiōrum
Dative	caiō	caiīs
Accusative	caium	caia
Ablative	caiō	caiīs
Vocative	caium	caia

Descendants

Old French: kay, kei, key, keye, cay, quay
- Middle French: cay, quay, quai
  - French: quai
    - → English: quai
- → Middle English: key, keye, kaye, kay, cay
  - English: quay, cay
    - → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
    - → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
    - → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
    - → Serbo-Croatian: кеј
    - → Serbo-Croatian: kej
- → Irish: cé
Old Occitan:
- Occitan: cai, cais
  - Portuguese: cais
Galician: caes, cai

References

^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “caja”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 114
^ caium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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