esquierie

Old French

Etymology

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By surface analysis, escuier m +‎ -erie f.

Noun

esquierie oblique singular, f (oblique plural esquieries, nominative singular esquierie, nominative plural esquieries)

1. A group of squires.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Descendants

• Middle French: escuyrie, escuerie, escuirie f
  • French: écurie f
• → Middle English: squierie
  • English: squiry

References

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