bostellus

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Latin

Alternative forms

bustellus, boistellus

Etymology

From bostia (“box”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bosˈtel.lus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bosˈtel.lus/,

Noun

bostellus m (genitive bostellī); second declension^[1]^[2]

(Middle Latin) bushel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bostellus	bostellī
genitive	bostellī	bostellōrum
dative	bostellō	bostellīs
accusative	bostellum	bostellōs
ablative	bostellō	bostellīs
vocative	bostelle	bostellī

Descendants

Old French: bussel, busselle, busel, boissel, busshell
- Middle French: boisseaul, boisseau, boysseaul, boeceau, boissel
  - French: boisseau
- → Middle English: busshel, bushel, busshell, buschell
  - English: bushel
- → Medieval Latin: bussellus, bossellus, boissellus

References

^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bustellus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 110
^ bostellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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