custor

Latin

Alternative forms

• qustor (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Refection of custōs based on the agentive suffix -tor.

Noun

custor m (genitive custōris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. guardian, protector

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	custor	custōrēs
Genitive	custōris	custōrum
Dative	custōrī	custōribus
Accusative	custōrem	custōrēs
Ablative	custōre	custōribus
Vocative	custor	custōrēs

Descendants

• Old French: costor (nominative costre)
  • Middle French: coustre, coultre, cousteur (all with silent ⟨s⟩ or ⟨l⟩)
    • French: coûtre (historical or dialectal)
  • → Middle Dutch: coster
    • Dutch: koster
  • →? Romansch: caluster, coluoster, caluoster (first syllable perhaps influenced by claustrum)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *kustārī (see desc)