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sillable

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First known attestation circa 1160,[1] borrowed from Latin syllaba.

Noun

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sillable oblique singularf (oblique plural sillables, nominative singular sillable, nominative plural sillables)

  1. syllable

Descendants

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  • Middle English: sillable, syllable
  • French: syllabe

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of syllabe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.