sceau
French
Etymology
From Old French seel (whence also English seal), from Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -o
Related terms
Further reading
- “sceau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French seel. The change in spelling from seau to sceau is unexplained, although it may be to disambiguate with seau (“bucket”)[1].
Descendants
- French: sceau
References
- sceau on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
- “sceau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Derived terms
- Jean des sceaus (“ring finger”)
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