douve.
moat (defensive ditch)
Meaning & usage
moat (defensive ditch)
stave (of a barrel)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old French dove, doue, from Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éh₂. Cognate with Persian دیوار and Dutch duig (“stake, piece”).
spearwort
fluke (parasitic flatworm)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French dauve, from Old French dolve, from Late Latin dolva, related to the name of a buttercup that grows in swamps, attested in the fifth century and possibly of Celtic origin.
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