butiller

Old French

Etymology

From boteille +‎ -ier.

Noun

butiller oblique singular, m (oblique plural butillers, nominative singular butillers, nominative plural butiller)

butler (officer in charge of wine)

Descendants

French: boutillier
French: Boutillier (family name; almost only in Europe)
French: Bouthillier (family name; almost only in Québec)
→ Middle English: boteler, butler, butlere, botelere, botyler
- English: Boteler, butler

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (boteillier, supplement)

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