surveour

Old French

Etymology

surveoir +‎ -our.

Noun

surveour m (oblique plural surveours, nominative singular surveours, nominative plural surveour)

inspector; overseer (one who oversees, for example a project)

Descendants

English: surveyor (borrowed)

References

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

surveour on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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