bostellus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bustellus, boistellus

Etymology

From bostia (“box”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bosˈtel.lus/, [bɔsˈtɛl.lʊs]

Noun

bostellus m (genitive *bostellī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Middle Latin) bushel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative bostellus bostellī
genitive bostellī bostellōrum
dative bostellō bostellīs
accusative bostellum bostellōs
ablative bostellō bostellīs
vocative bostelle bostellī

Descendants

  • Old French: bussel, busselle, busel, boissel, busshell
    • Middle French: boisseaul, boisseau, boysseaul, boeceau, boissel
    • → Middle English:busshel, bushel, busshell, buschell
    • → Medieval Latin: bussellus, bossellus, boissellus

References

  1. ↑ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bustellus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 110
  2. ↑ bostellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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