vaissel

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vaissel.

Noun

vaissel m (plural vaisseaulx)

1. vessel; watercraft

Descendants

• French: vaisseau

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”).

Noun

vaissel oblique singular, m (oblique plural vaisseaus or vaisseax or vaissiaus or vaissiax or vaissels, nominative singular vaisseaus or vaisseax or vaissiaus or vaissiax or vaissels, nominative plural vaissel)

1. vessel (tool used to transport chiefly liquids)

Descendants

• Middle French: vaissel
  • French: vaisseau
• → Middle English: vessel (see there for further descendants)