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English word cave comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-, French cavus
*ḱówH- (Proto-Indo-European)
cavus (French)
*ḱówHwos (Proto-Indo-European)
cavum (Latin)
A cave, burrow, cavern. A hole, cavity, depression, pit, opening.
cave (Old French)
cave (English)
(mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.. (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.. (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.. To collapse.. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.. To hollow out or undermine.. To surrender. (caving) A naturally- [...]