French clé

← French clef (mention)

← Middle French clef (inherited)

← Old French clef (inherited)

← Proto-Italic *klāwis (inherited)

← Latin clāvem (inherited)

← Latin clāvis (mention)

→ Cemuhî kilé (mention)

→ Seychellois Creole lakle (derived)

→ French clef (mention)

→ French mot-clé (compound)

→ Haitian Creole kle (derived)

→ Ido klefo (mention)

→ Mauritian Creole lakle (derived)

→ Kumak kile (borrowed)

→ Portuguese chave (cognate)

→ Vietnamese cờ-lê (borrowed)