ostesce
Middle English
Noun
ostesce
- alternative form of hostesse
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
oste + -esce, or from an unattested Latin word.
Noun
ostesce oblique singular, f (oblique plural ostesces, nominative singular ostesce, nominative plural ostesces)
Related terms
Descendants
- French: hôtesse
- → Middle English: hostesse, hoosteesse, hoostresse, hostes, oostesse, ostesce, ostesse, hostes, ostes, ostys (Late Middle English)
References
- “hôtesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012