doublets, Etymology, French, Latin Emmett Stone doublets, Etymology, French, Latin Emmett Stone

2266: cutler(y) Feb 28, 2021

The word 'cutler' and by extension 'cutlery' may come from the same root as 'cut', but only very distantly at best. These two terms originate with the Latin 'cultus'—not '*cutlus'—but eventually metathesized into the 'coutel'. The '-erie' suffix is is used in French to mean 'belonging to' such as 'bakery', or 'jewellery'.

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