sewiere

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exaquāria, from Latin ex- + aquāria, or alternatively from a root *exaquāre (“to lead away or channel water”) (cf. Old French assewer, essouier).

Noun

sewiere oblique singular, m (oblique plural sewieres, nominative singular sewieres, nominative plural sewiere)

overflow channel (for water)

Related terms

assewer
ewe
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Descendants

→ English: sewer

References

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

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