Etymology of the English word jailhouse
the English word
jailhousederived 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
housederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khusanUsage
Word found in Modern English
