boschage

Old French

Alternative forms

boscage, boskage

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *boscaticum, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”)

Noun

boschage m (oblique plural boschages, nominative singular boschages, nominative plural boschage)

woods; woodland
- 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
  Longuement sont en cel boschage.
  For a long time were they in the woods

Descendants

Middle French: boscage, boscaige, boucaige
- French: boscage
→ Middle English: boskage
- English: boscage
→ Medieval Latin: boscagium, buscagium

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