The story
- Latin · derived fromcōnsiliārius
- Old French · derived fromconseillier
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromcunseiler
- Middle English · inherited fromcounseilour
- English todaycounselor
From Middle English counseilour, counseiler, from Anglo-Norman cunseiler, from Old French conseillier, from Latin cōnsiliārius, agent noun from cōnsilior (“to take counsel”), from cōnsilium (“plan, council, wisdom, advice”). Compare councilor. Displaced native Middle English redere, Middle English redesman, and Middle English redyeve, from Old English rǣdġiefa (literally “advice giver”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.