caium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *kagyom, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”). Doublet of cohum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkai̯.i̯um/, [ˈkäi̯ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.jum/, [ˈkäːjum]

Noun

caium n (genitive caiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) storehouse, shop, workshop
2. (Medieval Latin) quay, wharf

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	caium	caia
genitive	caiī	caiōrum
dative	caiō	caiīs
accusative	caium	caia
ablative	caiō	caiīs
vocative	caium	caia

Descendants

• Old French: kay, kei, key, keye, cay, quay
  • Middle French: cay, quay, quai
    • French: quai
      • → English: quai
  • → Middle English: key, keye, kaye, kay, cay
    • English: quay, cay (obsolete)
      • → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
      • → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
      • → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: кеј
      • → Serbo-Croatian: kej
  • → Irish: cé
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: cai, cais
    • Portuguese: cais
• Galician: caes, cai