† mortreln.

Etymology: < Middle French morterel mixture of bread and milk (1486), morteruel (early 13th cent. in Old French) < post-classical Latin mortariolum vessel used in sacrifice (Vetus Latina, Vulgate: only in Old Testament), small receptacle for grinding (from late 12th cent. in British sources; earlier mortariola , 11th cent.), minced meat (early 13th cent.) < classical Latin mortārium mortar n.¹ + -olum -olum suffix. Compare Spanish morteruelo minced meat, dish made from this (c1400), small mortar (1607 or earlier), Catalan morterol (late 14th cent. in this sense; attested earlier in the sense ‘food which has been crushed in a mortar’ (1262)). Compare also post-classical Latin morterellus (from c1266 in British sources; c1230 as morterrellus ), mortrellus (from c1300 in British sources; compare quot. 1381), < French. Compare mortress n.