loppestre
Middle English
Noun
loppestre
- Alternative form of lopster
Old English
Etymology
Possibly a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre; or from lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.
Pronunciation
Noun
loppestre f
Descendants
- Middle English: lopster(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in lopster#Middle English)