boschage

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *boscaticum, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (forest, woods)

Noun

boschage m (oblique plural boschages, nominative singular boschages, nominative plural boschage)

  1. woods; woodland
    • 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
      Longuement sont en cel boschage.
      For a long time were they in the woods

Descendants

  • Middle French: boscage, boscaige, boucaige
  • Middle English: boskage
  • Middle Low German: buschkasche
    • Danish: buskads
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: buskas
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: buskas
    • Swedish: buskage
  • Dutch: bosschage
  • Medieval Latin: boscagium, buscagium
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