ostesce

== Middle English == === Noun === ostesce alternative form of hostesse == Old French == === Alternative forms === hostece, hostesce, hostesse, ostece, ostesse === Etymology === oste +‎ -esce, or from an unattested Latin word. === Noun === ostesce oblique singular, f (oblique plural ostesces, nominative singular ostesce, nominative plural ostesces) female innkeeper or keeper of a lodging ==== Related terms ==== oste ostel ==== Descendants ==== French: hôtesse → Middle English: hostesse, hoosteesse, hoostresse, hostes, oostesse, ostesce, ostesse, hostes, ostes, ostys (Late Middle English)English: hostessMiddle Scots: hostes (hapax) ==== References ==== “hôtesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012