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sail

/ˈseɪl/SAYL
/ˈseɪl/SAYL

Meaninga sail

Common meaning: a sheet that catches wind

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAGH‘bear, endure, hold, hold in, restrain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 380, p. 743 · scan
  2. Old EnglishseglsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishseilsource
  4. Englishsail‘a sheet that catches wind’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English segl ‘a sail’.

Roots

  • segl Old English “a sail”

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