oystre
Middle English
/ˈui̯stər/
noun
Definitions
- An oyster or a similar shellfish.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English oster borrowed from oistre derived from Latin ostrea (oyster, an oyster) derived from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (bivalve, oyster).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὄστρεον
Gloss
bivalve, oyster
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ostracean English
- ostreaceous English
- ostreaculture English
- oyster English
- oysterbank English
- oystercatcher English
- oysterer English
- oysterfish English
- oysterish English
- oysterless English
- oysterlike English
- oysterling English
- oysterman English
- oystermania English
- oysterwoman English
- oystery English
- ostrea Latin
- ostrearius Latin
- ostreatus Latin
- ostreosus Latin
- ostreum Latin
- ostrum Latin
- Auster German
- ostrica Italian
- ὀστρέϊνος Ancient Greek
- ὄστρεον Ancient Greek
- oster Old English
- ostre Old English
- oistre Old French
- ostra Galician
- oester Middle Dutch
- אויסטער Yiddish
- острига Macedonian
- òstrega Venetian
- wusta Tok Pisin
- oistre xno