Shoal Definition
A shallow in a body of water.
To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
Origin of Shoal
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1570, presumably from Middle English *shole (“school of fish"), from Old English sceolu, scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, division of army, school of fish"), from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kÊ·el- (“crowd, people"). Cognate with West Frisian skoal (“shoal"), Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop"), Dutch school (“shoal of fishes").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English schold, scholde, from Old English sceald (“shallow"), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skalidaz, past participle of *skaljanÄ… (“to go dry, dry up, become shallow"), from *skalaz (“parched, shallow"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to dry out"). Cognate with Low German Scholl (“shallow water"), German schal (“stale, flat, vapid"). Compare shallow.
From Wiktionary
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Probably Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schōle skel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English shold shallow, shallows from Old English sceald shallow
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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