marescal
Old French
noun
Definitions
- marshal military position
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *marhskalk (equerry, servant assigned to horses).
Origin
Frankish
*marhskalk
Gloss
equerry, servant assigned to horses
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mariscalcus Latin
- maniscalco Italian
- maréchal French
- mariscal Spanish, Castilian
- marchal Middle English
- mareschal Old French
- marah-scalc Old High German
- *marhskalk Frankish
- marhskalk Frankish
- marescal xno