quay

quay
quay (n.) 1690s, variant of M.E. key "wharf" (c.1400; mid-13c. in place names), from O.N.Fr. cai (O.Fr. chai) "sand bank," from Gaulish caium (5c.), from O.Celt. *kagio- "to encompass, enclose" (Cf. Welsh cae "fence, hedge," Cornish ke "hedge"), cognate with O.E. haga "hedge" (see HEDGE (Cf. hedge)). Spelling altered by influence of Fr. quai, from the same Celtic source.

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