Etymology of the English word jailbait
the English word
jailbaitderived from the English word
jailderived from the Old French word
jaiolederived from the Latin word
caveoladerived from the Latin word
cavea (cage, coop, stall; hollow, cavity; roof)
derived from the Latin word
cavus (hollow or cave; hole, cavity, depression; hollow, excavated, hollowed out; sunken; deep, having deep channel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*keuÉ™-derived from the English word
baitderived from the Old Norse word
beitaderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*baitanUsage
Word found in Modern English
