The story
- Latin · derived fromcomes stabulī“officer of the stables”
- Old French · derived fromconestable
- Middle English · inherited fromconstable
- English todayconstable
From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.