Etymology

censer

cen·ser
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Today it means: An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies. Full definition →

Middle English censer ← Anglo-Norman censier ← Old French encensier
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromencensier
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcensier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcenser
  4. English todaycenser

Inherited from Middle English censer, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.