toaille

== Old French == === Alternative forms === tuaille, touaille, tuaile, touaile, towelle === Etymology === Early Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈaʎə/ === Noun === toaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural toailles, nominative singular toaille, nominative plural toailles) towel (cloth used for washing or drying) ==== Descendants ==== Franc-Comtois: tiuaille, tiueille, tuâye, kyẅeyu Middle French: touaille, toaille, touelle, tuaille French: touaille Picard: touaîye (Athois), duelle → Middle English: towayle, tawale, tewayll, touayl, towaile, towaille, towayl, twaile, twayle, toual, towel, towell, towelle, towylle (Late Middle English), touwayl (Herefordshire), touel, towail, tueil, tuell (Northern, Northwest Midland), twaylle (Wiltshire)English: towel (see there for further descendants)Middle Scots: towall, towellScots: toul, tool, tooel→ Irish: tuáille