English
superjail
From super- + jail.
Proto-Italic *kawos
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Latin cavea ‘cavity, cage’
Latin caveola ‘little cage’
Anglo-Norman jaiole ‘prison’
Middle English gayole ‘jail, prison’
English jail
Today it means
noun A very large prison.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superjail”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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