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

References

  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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