ostiary
English
noun
Definitions
- The mouth of a river; an estuary.
- One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ostiārius (doorman, porter).
Origin
Latin
ostiārius
Gloss
doorman, porter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ustiārius Latin
- ostiārius Latin
- ostiaire French
- ucheira Galician
- aistire Old Irish