escurel

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /es.ky.ɾɛl/
• IPA^(key): (late) /eh.ky.ɾɛl/

Noun

escurel oblique singular, m (oblique plural escureaus or escureax or escuriaus or escuriax or escurels, nominative singular escureaus or escureax or escuriaus or escuriax or escurels, nominative plural escurel)

1. squirrel

Descendants

• → English: squirrel
• French: écureuil

References

• Etymology and history of “écureuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.