esselier

Old French

Alternative forms

  • aisselier

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin ascelāris and assellāris (equivalent to a diminutive of early forms of ais (“plank”)), variant of *axillāris (attested only after the Renaissance), from Latin axilla (“little plank”).

Noun

esselier oblique singular, m (oblique plural esseliers, nominative singular esseliers, nominative plural esselier)

  1. wooden support
  • aisele

Descendants

  • → Middle English: assheler, ashler
    • English: ashlar, ashler
    • Scots: aislar, aisler, aishler, estler

References

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