seneschal
seneschal - n., a household officer in charge of a lord's estate, a steward.
From Middle English, from Old French seneschal, from Frankish Latin siniscalcus, from Proto-Germanic. *sini-skalk, senior servant -- where the first element is a cognate of Latin senex, old, from whence senile. Note that, as a term from the late 14th century, it's anachronistic for early tales of chivalry.
---L.
From Middle English, from Old French seneschal, from Frankish Latin siniscalcus, from Proto-Germanic. *sini-skalk, senior servant -- where the first element is a cognate of Latin senex, old, from whence senile. Note that, as a term from the late 14th century, it's anachronistic for early tales of chivalry.
---L.