rosete

Old French

Etymology

From rose + -ete.

Noun

rosete oblique singular, f (oblique plural rosetes, nominative singular rosete, nominative plural rosetes)

1. diminutive of rose
2. rosé wine
3. (heraldry) rose

Derived terms

• roseter

Descendants

• Middle French: rosette, rosete
  • French: rosette
  • → English: rosette
• →? Old Galician-Portuguese: roseta, rosetta, rosseta
  • Galician: roseta
  • Portuguese: roseta

References

• “rose#rosete”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.