archier
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French archier.
Noun
archier m (plural archiers)
Descendants
- French: archer
Old French
Etymology
arc + -ier, and extra h is added to ease the pronunciation, or possibly from Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Noun
archier oblique singular, m (oblique plural archiers, nominative singular archiers, nominative plural archier)
- archer
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Li archier espessemant traient.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
Categories:
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Old French terms suffixed with -ier
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Occupations