échanson

cupbearer (officer who is responsible for serving drinks to a king or noble); drink server (someone whose job is to serve drinks)

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 t