escudier

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• escudeir, escuder m

Etymology

Etymology tree

Late Latin scūtārius

Old Occitan escudier

Inherited from Late Latin scūtārius m, from Latin scūtum n. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French escuier m.

Noun

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

1. shield-bearer

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• escut m

Descendants

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

References

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