Etymology

hustlement

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Today it means: Miscellaneous household items; odds and ends. Full definition →

Middle English ostelment ← Old French ostillement ← Vulgar Latin *usitilium
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hustlement · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromutensilia“utensils”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*usitilium
  3. Old French · derived fromostillement
  4. Middle English · inherited fromostelment
  5. English todayhustlement

From Middle English ostelment, borrowed from Old French ostillement, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *usitilium, from neuter plural *usitilia, from Latin utensilia (“utensils”).

hustlement · noun2

From hustle + -ment.

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