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English word cage comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-, and later Latin cavus (Excavated, channeled. Hollow, concave.)
*ḱówH- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱówHwos (Proto-Indo-European)
cavus (Latin)
Excavated, channeled. Hollow, concave.
cavea (Latin)
Cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage. Hollow, cavity. The roof of the mouth. The seats in a theatre. The sockets of the eyes.
cage (Old French)
cage (English)
(US derogatory slang) automobile. (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.. (baseball) The catcher's wire mask.. (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.. (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.. (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.. (hockey, water polo) the [...]