maquerel

Old French

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from a derivative of Latin macula (“stain, spot”), referring to the skin. Connections with maquereau (“pimp”) are dubious.[1][2]

Noun

maquerel oblique singular, m (oblique plural maquereaus or maquereax or maqueriaus or maqueriax or maquerels, nominative singular maquereaus or maquereax or maqueriaus or maqueriax or maquerels, nominative plural maquerel)

  1. mackerel (fish)

Descendants
  • → English: mackerel
  • French: maquereau
  • → Middle Dutch: makereel
  • Norman: maqu'sé (Jersey)

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (maquerel, supplement)
  1. “maquerel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. 'Dieu veult'. God wills it. The Banbury female martyr [E. Redford], composed by herself
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