Quay

Morpheme

Quay

Type

free base

Denotation

landing place, wharf, sandbank

Etymology

Middle English key, keye, kay, kaye, caye; Old French kay, cail, cai; Gaulish caium

Evidence

Newquay, quay, quayed, quaying, quays, quayside

Notes

homophone of Key

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