mireor

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

mirer +‎ -eor.

Noun

mireor oblique singular, m (oblique plural mireors, nominative singular mireors, nominative plural mireor)

  1. mirror
    • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
      et par ce mireor trespasse […] le san don li cuers est espris
      And through this mirror travels […] the feeling which seizes the heart
  2. (figuratively) a typical example
    • Le vray miroer de la beauté humain
      The true reflection of human beauty

Descendants

  • Champaignat: miréor, mirour
  • Middle French: miroir
    • French: miroir
    • →? Old Tupi: gûarugûá
  • → Middle English: mirour
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