travailli

Norman

Alternative forms

travaillier (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French travailler (“to suffer”), from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from Latin tripalium, a three-staked instrument of torture, from Latin tripālis (“having three stakes”), from pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

travailli

(Jersey) to work

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