staroste

== French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === staroste m (plural starostes) starosta ==== Derived terms ==== starostal (adjective) === Further reading === “staroste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic старость (starostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starostь (“old age”), from *starъ (“old”). Compare Russian староста (starosta, “bailiff, village elder, churchwarden”), Polish starosta (“leader”). === Noun === staroste m (plural starosti) guildmaster (historical) governor of a peripheral region of Moldavia master of ceremonies at a wedding abbot ==== Declension ====