coif
Significado (Inglés)
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- A hairdo.
- A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
- A similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.
- An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/kwɑf/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).
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