bescuit

Old French

Etymology

Masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- (“twice”) (Latin bis) + cuire (“to bake; to cook”), possibly corresponding to a Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin bis- + coctus.

Noun

bescuit m (oblique plural bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative singular bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative plural bescuit)

biscuit (twice cooked bread)

Descendants

English: biscuit (borrowed)
French: biscuit

References

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

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