The story
- Latin · derived fromgubernāculum
- Old French · derived fromgovernail
- Middle English · inherited fromgovernail
- English todaygovernail
From Middle English governail, governaile from Middle French and Old French governail, from Latin gubernāculum. Doublet of gubernaculum.
Words from the same roots
Latingubernāculum all →
gubernaculum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.