cappellanus

Latin

Etymology

From cappella +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kap.pelˈlaː.nus/, [käpːɛlˈlʲäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.pelˈla.nus/, [käpːelˈläːnus]

Noun

cappellānus m (genitive cappellānī); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. chaplain

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cappellānus	cappellānī
Genitive	cappellānī	cappellānōrum
Dative	cappellānō	cappellānīs
Accusative	cappellānum	cappellānōs
Ablative	cappellānō	cappellānīs
Vocative	cappellāne	cappellānī

Descendants

• Catalan: capellà
  • → Spanish: capellán
• French: chapelain
  • → English: chaplain
• Italian: cappellano
  • → Romanian: capelan
• Occitan: capelan
  • → Middle French: capelan
    • → English: capelin
  • → Galician: capelán
  • → Portuguese: capelão

References

• cappellanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)