custor

Latin

Alternative forms

qustor (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Refection of custōs based on the agentive suffix -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tor/, [ˈkʊs̠t̪ɔr]

Noun

custor m (genitive custōris); third declension

(Late Latin, nonstandard) guardian, protector

Descendants

Old French: costor (nominative costre)
- Middle French: coustre, coultre, cousteur (all with silent ⟨s⟩ or ⟨l⟩)
  - French: coûtre (historical or dialectal)
- → Middle Dutch: coster
  - Dutch: koster
- →? Romansch: caluster, coluoster, caluoster (first syllable perhaps influenced by claustrum)
→ Proto-West Germanic: *kustārī (see desc)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cŭstos”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1595

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