javelot

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French javelot.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.vlo/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

javelot m (plural javelots)

  1. javelin (weapon)

Further reading[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *gabalottus (spear), from Gaulish *gabalos (compare Old Irish gabul (fork), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (fork, forked branch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (fork, branch of tree).

Noun[edit]

javelot oblique singularm (oblique plural javeloz or javelotz, nominative singular javeloz or javelotz, nominative plural javelot)

  1. javelin (weapon)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: javelot, javeline