Etymology

eschel

esch·el
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Today it means: A troop or company. Full definition →

Middle English eschele ← Old French eschele ← Frankish *skaru
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eschel · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skarō“a portion, share, division, troop”
  2. Frankish · derived from*skaru
  3. Old French · derived fromesquiere
  4. Old French · derived fromeschele
  5. Middle English · inherited fromeschele
  6. English todayeschel

From Middle English eschele, from Old French eschele, eschelle, esciele, eskiele, variants of Old French esquiere, scare ( > modern French échauguette), from Frankish *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a portion, share, division, troop”). Cognate with German Schar. Doublet of share.

eschel · noun2

Short for Eschel blue (a tradename).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchesquiere all →

esquire

Proto-Germanic*skarō all →

share

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.