Where does “ester” come from?

ester (Cornish) comes from English oyster, from Middle English oystre, from Anglo-Norman oistre, from Old French oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον — bivalve; oyster; purple pigment, probably that...

ester (Cornish): oysters

Definitions

  1. oysters

Ancestry of “ester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoysterAny of certain marine bivalve mollusks,...
2Middle EnglishoystreAn oyster or a similar shellfish
3Anglo-Normanoistreoyster
4Old Frenchoistreoyster
5Latinostreaoyster, mussel
6Ancient Greekὄστρεονbivalve; oyster; purple pigment, probably that...

Words derived from “ester”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον →Every word from Latin ostrea →Every word from Old French oistre →