pavoil
Appearance
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *papēlium, from Latin papȳrius.
Noun
[edit]pavoil oblique singular, m (oblique plural pavouz or pavoilz, nominative singular pavouz or pavoilz, nominative plural pavoil)
- a type of reed
References
[edit]- “pavoil”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “papyrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 589