escudier

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• escudeir, escuder

Etymology

From Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French escuier.

Noun

escudier m (oblique plural escudiers, nominative singular escudiers, nominative plural escudier)

1. shield-bearer

Related terms

• escut

Descendants

• Occitan: escudièr
• → Italian: scudiere
  • →? Ido: skudiero
  • → Romanian: scutier
• →? Sicilian: scuteri

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scūtārius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 348