Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. · An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). · A membrane. · The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
From Middle English calle, kelle, kalle, kolle (“caul, net, basket”), from Old English cāwl, cāul, cēawl, cēaul (“basket, container, net, sieve”), of uncertain origin. Reinforced by Old French cale (“close-fitting cap”), possibly a borrowing of the Old English term above, or alternatively related to Old French calotte (“headdress”), from Italian callotta, from Latin calautica (“type of female headdress which fell down over the shoulders”), itself of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots kell (“caul”).
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- Inherited-form mentioncalleenm
- Inherited-form mentioncāwlang
- Derivation mentioncalefro · close-fitting cap
- Non-cognate comparisoncalottefro · headdress
- Non-cognate comparisoncallottait
- Non-cognate comparisoncalauticala · type of female headdress which fell down over the shoulders
- Cognate mentionkellsco · caul
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