equerry

The story

1. Old High German · derived fromscura“barn”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromscuria“stable”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromescuirie
4. English todayequerry

From an alteration of earlier esquiry (through the influence of the unrelated Latin equus), from Middle French escuirie, escuerie, derivative of escuyer (“squire”), or alternatively from Medieval Latin scuria (“stable”), from Old High German scura (“barn”). Compare esquire.

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