bescuit
Old French
Etymology
Masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- (“twice”) (Latin bis) + cuire (“to bake; to cook”), possibly corresponding to a Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin bis- + coctus.
Noun
bescuit m (oblique plural bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative singular bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative plural bescuit)
- biscuit (twice cooked bread)
Descendants
- English: biscuit (borrowed)
- French: biscuit
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bescuit, supplement)