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Today it means: Synonym of apophyge or cavetto, supports at the top or bottom of pillars, particularly rings or ferrils in the extremities of wooden pillars, added to provide support and prevent splintering, their imitation in stone, or a molding in the form of a quarter round. Full definition →

French congé ← Latin commeātus

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Latin · derived fromcommeātus“a leave; permission for a leave”
French · borrowed fromcongé
English todaycongé

Borrowed from French congé, from Latin commeātus (“a leave; permission for a leave”). As an architectural term, a French calque of ἀποφυγή (apophugḗ, “a leave, an escape; an architectural feature”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchcongé all →

congecongy

Latincommeātus all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.