eschine

See also: Eschine

Middle French

Etymology

Old French eschine.

Noun

eschine f (plural eschines)

spine

Descendants

French: échine

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eschine, supplement)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *skina, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. More at shin.

Noun

eschine f (oblique plural eschines, nominative singular eschine, nominative plural eschines)

spine

Descendants

Middle French: eschine
- French: échine
Middle English: chyne
- English: chine

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eschine, supplement)
“échine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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