escurel

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (early) /es.ky.ɾɛl/
IPA^(key): (late) /eh.ky.ɾɛl/

Noun

escurel oblique singular, m (oblique plural escureaus or escureax or escuriaus or escuriax or escurels, nominative singular escureaus or escureax or escuriaus or escuriax or escurels, nominative plural escurel)

squirrel

Descendants

→ English: squirrel
French: écureuil

References

Etymology and history of “écureuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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