oistre

Middle English

Noun

oistre

Alternative form of oystre

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, borrowed from Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre f (plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

French: huître
Norman: hitre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre oblique singular, f (oblique plural oistres, nominative singular oistre, nominative plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

Middle French: oistre
- French: huître
- Norman: hitre
→ Middle English: oystre, ostre, ostree, oistre, oystur, oystere, ostyr, oister, oyestere
- English: oyster
- Scots: oyster, eyster
→ Irish: oisre, oisir; eisir, eistre, oisridh
→ Scottish Gaelic: oisir, eisir

Further reading

oistre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Etymology and history of “huître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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