eschipre

Old French

Alternative forms

  • eskipre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse skipari.[1]

Noun

eschipre oblique singular, m (oblique plural eschipres, nominative singular eschipres, nominative plural eschipre)

  1. sailor; mariner

Descendants

  • Middle French: eschipre, esquipe, scippre

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “skipari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 118
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