quiture

Old French

Alternative forms

cuiture

Etymology

quite, variant of cuite, feminine singular past participle of cuire +‎ -ure. May correspond to Latin coctūra (compare Romanian coptură (“pus; abscess”)).

Noun

quiture f (oblique plural quitures, nominative singular quiture, nominative plural quitures)

Usage notes

The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub originally listed the cooking/cauterization senses and the quitter senses as separate words, and says that "the association […] is not immediately apparent". See references below.

Descendants

English: quitter, quittor (borrowed)

References

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

cuiture on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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