ussier
Old French
noun
Definitions
- doorman; doorkeeper
Etymology
Affix from Old French uis (door) inherited from Latin *ustiārius, ostiārius (doorman, porter).
Origin
Latin
ostiārius
Gloss
doorman, porter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- huissier English
- ostiary English
- usher English
- *ustiārius Latin
- ostium Latin
- ostiārius Latin
- ōstiārius Latin
- huissier French
- ostiaire French
- uis Old French
- uisset Old French
- ucheira Galician
- ușar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aistire Old Irish
- us Norman
- huisset Middle French
- usser xno
- ouxh Walloon
- uis Picard