bostellus

bostellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• bustellus, boistellus

Etymology

From bostia (“box”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bosˈtel.lus/, [bɔs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bosˈtel.lus/, [bosˈt̪ɛlːus]

Noun

bostellus m (genitive bostellī); second declension[1][2]

1. (Middle Latin) bushel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bostellus	bostellī
Genitive	bostellī	bostellōrum
Dative	bostellō	bostellīs
Accusative	bostellum	bostellōs
Ablative	bostellō	bostellīs
Vocative	bostelle	bostellī

Descendants

• Old French: bussel, busselle, busel, boissel, busshell
  • Middle French: boisseaul, boisseau, boysseaul, boeceau, boissel
    • French: boisseau
  • → Middle English: busshel, bushel, busshell, buschell
    • English: bushel
  • → Medieval Latin: bussellus, bossellus, boissellus

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bustellus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 110
2. bostellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)