sillable

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. syllable

Descendants

  • → Middle English: sillable, syllable
  • French: syllabe

References

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