Etymology

cawl

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Today it means: A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables. Full definition →

Welsh cawl ← Latin caulis ← Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l
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cawl · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kaw(ǝ)l
  2. Latin · derived fromcaulis“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”
  3. Welsh · borrowed fromcawl
  4. English todaycawl

Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis (“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l, *kh₂ulós, or *kowos (“tubular bone; pipe”). The English word is a doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

cawl · noun2

A variant of caul.

Words from the same roots

Latincaulis all →

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