French

Noun

sceau m ‎(plural sceaux)

1. seal (pattern; design)

Related terms

• sceller

Anagrams

• cause, causé, sauce

Middle French

Etymology

Old French seel. The change in spelling from seau to sceau is unexplained, although it may be to disambiguate with seau ‎(“bucket”)^[1].

Noun

sceau m (plural sceaulx)

1. seal (a stamp in wax to seal a letter)

Descendants

• French: sceau

References

• sceau on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

1. ↑ “sceau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French sceau.

Noun

sceau m ‎(plural sceaus)

1. (Guernsey) seal

Derived terms

• Jean des sceaus ‎(“ring finger”)