boschage
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *boscāticum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editboschage oblique singular, m (oblique plural boschages, nominative singular boschages, nominative plural boschage)
- woods; woodland
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Longuement sont en cel boschage.
- For a long time were they in the woods
Descendants
edit(Probably all from the northern variant boscage.)
- Middle French: boscage, boscaige, boucaige
- French: boscage
- → Medieval Latin: boscagium, buscagium
- → Middle Dutch: [Term?]
- Dutch: bosschage
- → Middle English: boskage
- English: boscage
- → Middle Low German: buschkasche
References
edit- boscage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub