échanson

Meaning

1. (masculine) cupbearer (officer who is responsible for serving drinks to a king or noble)
2. (broadly, masculine) drink server (someone whose job is to serve drinks)

Concepts

cupbearer

cup-bearer

butler

Translations

copero

escanciador

οινοχόος

coppiere

pincerna

coper

Mundschenk

botelhièr

copeiro

escanção

copera

copero coperera

escanciadora

saki

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: échanson

Inherited from Old French: eschanson

Cognate with Old High German: scencho

Cognate with Old High German: scenken

Cognate with Old English: sċenċan

In summary

Inherited from Middle French échanson, from Old French eschanson (“officer in charge of serving drinks to the table of a king or a prince, cupbearer”), a borrowing from Frankish *skankijō (“cupbearer”), from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną (“to pour in; serve drinks”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be crooked; slant”). Cognate with Old High German scencho (“cupbearer”), Old High German scenken (“to pour in, give drink to, water”), Old English sċenċan (“to skink, pout out, give drink to”). More at skink, shink.