Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A two-dimensional one. · A three-dimensional one. · A thing having such a shape, such as an arena. · A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHaving the shape of an oval. · Of or pertaining to an ovum.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwisder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Latin ōvum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin ōvālisbor. English oval From Late Latin ōvālis, from ōvum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
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- Cognate mentionovaalnl
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