clef
Old French
noun
Definitions
- key
Etymology
Inherited from Latin clāvis, clāvem (key, a key).
Origin
Latin
clāvis, clāvem
Gloss
key, a key
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鍵
Emoji
⌨️ 🔐 🗝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- claves English
- clavis English
- clef English
- cleffer English
- cleflike English
- archiclavis Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- clavicula Latin
- clavicytherium Latin
- clavile Latin
- clāvem Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvis, clāvem Latin
- conclave Latin
- Klaviatur German
- chiave Italian
- clavier French
- clé French
- clave Spanish, Castilian
- llave Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- chave Portuguese
- clave Portuguese
- klawisz Polish
- clié Norman
- démié-clié Norman
- clef Middle French
- chave Old Portuguese
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- clav Romansh
- clev Romansh
- llave Asturian
- clâf Friulian
- clau Old Occitan
- chiavi Sicilian
- ciavi Sicilian
- ciave Venetian
- ciave Istriot
- cllâf Franco-Provençal
- cêv Romagnol