custor

Latin

Alternative forms

  • qustor (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Alteration of custōs based on the agentive suffix -tor.

Noun

custor m (genitive custōris); third declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)[1]

  1. guardian, protector

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative custor custōrēs
genitive custōris custōrum
dative custōrī custōribus
accusative custōrem custōrēs
ablative custōre custōribus
vocative custor custōrēs

Descendants

  • Old French: costor (nominative costre)
    • Middle French: coustre, coultre, cousteur (all with silent ⟨s⟩ or ⟨l⟩)
      • French: coûtre (historical or dialectal)
    • → Middle Dutch: coster
    • →? Romansch: caluster, coluoster, caluoster (first syllable perhaps influenced by claustrum)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *kustārī (see desc)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cŭstos”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1595
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