lareow
Middle English
Noun
lareow
- Alternative form of larew
Old English
Alternative forms
- lārēoƿ — wynn spelling
Etymology
From lār (“teaching; doctrine”) + *ēow, a word or suffix of uncertain origin and meaning. Compare Old Saxon lēreo (“teacher”).
Some authorities believe the second element to be a corruption of Old Old English þēow (“servant; minister”), which shows up in later forms of the word, e.g. Old Old English lārþēaw (for *lārþēow); Middle Middle English lorthew, etc. yet this might be assimilation in retrospect caused by confusion or folk-etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
lārēow m (nominative plural lārēowas)
Declension
Declension of lārēow (strong a-stem)
Coordinate terms
- lǣrestre f (“female teacher”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: larew