estrave

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1573. Old French *estrave, a borrowing from Old Norse stafn. The technical nature of the word may explain why it is not attested earlier,^[1] as Old Norse had split into its daughter languages by 1573.

Noun

estrave f (plural estraves)

(nautical) stem

Descendants

French: étrave

References

^ Etymology and history of “étrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

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