abestos

Old French

Etymology

    First known attestation 1125, borrowed from Latin asbestos.[1]

    Noun

    abestos oblique singular, m (oblique plural abestos, nominative singular abestos, nominative plural abestos)

    1. asbestos (substance)

    Descendants

    • → English: asbestos
    • French: asbeste

    References

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