mareschal

English

Etymology

A variant of marshal remodelled on its etymon, Old French mareschal.

Noun

mareschal (plural mareschals)

1. (historical) An officer of an household.
2. (military) A man of the highest military rank in certain countries.
3. A herald.

Anagrams

• Lamarches, marchesal, maréchals

Middle English

Noun

mareschal

1. Alternative form of marchal

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mareschal.

Noun

mareschal m (plural mareschaux)

1. marshall (high ranking military leader)

Descendants

• French: maréchal
  • → Armenian: մարէշալ (marēšal)
  • → Romanian: mareșal
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مارشال (mareşal)
    • Turkish: mareşal
• → Italian: maresciallo
• → Portuguese: marechal

Old French

Alternative forms

• marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin mariscalcus, from Frankish *marhaskalk, from *marh (from Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”)) + *skalk (from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”)).

Pronunciation

• (early, classical) IPA^(key): /maɾesˈt͡ʃal/, (northern) /maresˈkal/
• (late) IPA^(key): /maɾeˈʃal/, (northern) /maɾesˈkal/

Noun

mareschal oblique singular, m (oblique plural mareschaus or mareschax or mareschals, nominative singular mareschaus or mareschax or mareschals, nominative plural mareschal)

1. marshal (military position)

Descendants

• Angevin: maréchau
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: mâlichau, maréchau, marichau
• Bourguignon: maiceau, mairchau, mairechau, marchau
• Champenois: mairchau, marchau, maricha, marichau
• Middle French: mareschal
  • French: maréchal
    • → Armenian: մարէշալ (marēšal)
    • → Romanian: mareșal
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مارشال (mareşal)
      • Turkish: mareşal
  • → Italian: maresciallo
  • → Portuguese: marechal
• Franc-Comtois: mairetchâ, mairtchâ, mèretchô

  Doubs: mèrètsau

• Lorrain: marchå

  Vosgien: mèr'chau, mèr'tchau, meur'chau

• Norman: marichal, marichel
• Picard: mérichau, marissiau
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: marichàu
• Walloon: marixhå, marxhå
• → Old Armenian: մարաջախտ (maraǰaxt)
  • Armenian: մարաջախտ (maraǰaxt)
• → Old Catalan: manescal, manescalc (or from Italian)
  • Catalan: manescal
• → Middle English: marschal, marchal, marchale, marchall, marchalle, marchel, mareschal, marschalle, marshall, marsshall
  • English: marshal
    • → Malay: marsyal
  • Scots: marshal
• → Galician: marescal
• → Old Occitan: manescal, manescalc, marescal, menescal (or from Italian)
  • Occitan: manescal
    • Gascon: manescau
    • Provençal: manescau, maneschau
    • Vivaro-Alpine: maneschau, mareschau
• → Sicilian: marisciaḍḍu
• → Spanish: mariscal