boschage

Old French

Alternative forms

• boscage, boskage (northern)
• boiscage (rebuilt from bois)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boscāticum.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /bosˈt͡ʃad͡ʒə/, (northern) /bosˈkad͡ʒə/

Noun

boschage oblique singular, m (oblique plural boschages, nominative singular boschages, nominative plural boschage)

1. woods; woodland
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Longuement sont en cel boschage.

     For a long time were they in the woods

Descendants

(Probably all from the northern variant boscage.)

• Middle French: boscage, boscaige, boucaige
  • French: boscage
• → Medieval Latin: boscagium, buscagium
• → Middle Dutch:
  • Dutch: bosschage
• → Middle English: boskage
  • English: boscage
• → Middle Low German: buschkasche
  • → Danish: buskads
  • → Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: buskas
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: buskas
  • → Swedish: buskage

References

• “boscage”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.