Tercel Definition
tûrsəl
noun
A male falcon or hawk, especially a peregrine falcon or gyrfalcon.
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Alternative form of tiercel.
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Alternative form of terzel.
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Alternative form of tassel.
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Other Word Forms of Tercel
Noun
Singular:
tercel
Plural:
tercelsOrigin of Tercel
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Middle English from Old French terçuel from Vulgar Latin tertiōlus diminutive of Latin tertius third (perhaps because the third egg in every clutch was thought to hatch into a male, or because male hawks were said to be a third smaller than females) trei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French terçuel, from Vulgar Latin {{term|*tertiolus, from Latin tertius.
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