écrin
French
noun
Definitions
- jewel case, jewel box
- box (of jewels)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French escrin derived from Latin scrīnium (case chest for books papers).
Origin
Latin
scrīnium
Gloss
case chest for books papers
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shriner English
- enshrine English
- scrine English
- shrinal English
- shrine English
- shrine-goer English
- shrinegoer English
- shrineless English
- shrinelet English
- shrinelike English
- unshrined English
- scriniarius Latin
- scriniolum Latin
- scrīnium Latin
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- scrīn Old English
- shryne Middle English
- skrín Old Norse
- escrin Old French
- skrín Icelandic
- scrīn Old High German
- skrīni Old High German
- *skrīni Old Dutch
- skrin Breton