costerel

Old French

Etymology

Modification of costeret after the suffix -erel.

Noun

costerel oblique singular, m (oblique plural costereaus or costereax or costeriaus or costeriax or costerels, nominative singular costereaus or costereax or costeriaus or costeriax or costerels, nominative plural costerel)

1. container for a liquid

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: costrellum, costrellus
• → Middle English: costrel, costerell, costrelle, costril, costrille
  • English: costrel
  • → Middle Welsh: costrel
    • Welsh: costrel

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (costerel)