See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

GAOL, or JAIL  , a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison (q.v.) . The two forms of the word are due to the parallel dual forms in Old Central and See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French respectively, jaiole or jaole, and gaiole or geyolle . The See also:

• COMMON

common origin is the med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. gabiole, a diminutive formed from caved, a hollow, a den, from which the See also:

• ENGLISH

English "See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave " is derived . The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol " still commonly survives in English, and is in See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official usage, e.g . " gaol-delivery," but the common See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation of both words, " jail," shows the real surviving word .