Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Norse skipari.[1]

Noun edit

eschipre oblique singularm (oblique plural eschipres, nominative singular eschipres, nominative plural eschipre)

  1. sailor; mariner

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: eschipre, esquipe, scippre

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “skipari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 118