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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)
- mackerel (fish)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (maquerel, supplement)