maquerel

Old French

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from a derivative of Latin macula (“stain, spot”), referring to the skin. Connections with maquereau (“pimp”) are dubious.^[1]^[2]

Noun

maquerel oblique singular, m (oblique plural maquereaus or maquereax or maqueriaus or maqueriax or maquerels, nominative singular maquereaus or maquereax or maqueriaus or maqueriax or maquerels, nominative plural maquerel)

mackerel (fish)

Descendants

→ English: mackerel
French: maquereau
→ Middle Dutch: makereel
- Dutch: makreel
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: makrell
Norman: maqu'sé (Jersey)

References

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

^ “maquerel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
^ 'Dieu veult'. God wills it. The Banbury female martyr [E. Redford], composed by herself

[1] “maquerel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[2] 'Dieu veult'. God wills it. The Banbury female martyr [E. Redford], composed by herself

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