Reconstruction:Latin/domnicella

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *dominicella, from domina +‎ -ica +‎ -ella, hence a full sense of "the little maidenly (woman)".

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /domneˈd͡zʲɛlla/

Noun edit

*domnicella f (oblique *domnicellam, masculine *domnicellus); first declension (Proto-Western-Romance)

damsel, maiden

Declension edit

	singular	plural
nominative	*/domneˈd͡zʲɛlla/	*/domneˈd͡zʲɛllas/
oblique	*/domneˈd͡zʲɛlla/	*/domneˈd͡zʲɛllas/

Derived terms edit

domicella

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old French: damoisele, dameisele, domnizelle
- → Catalan: damisel·la
- → Italian: damigella
- Middle French: dameisele
  - French: damoiselle, demoiselle
    - → English: demoiselle
- → Middle English: dameisele
  - English: damsel
    - → Ido: damzelo
- Norman: d'mouaîselle
- → Old Occitan: damisela
- → Spanish: damisela
Old Galician-Portuguese: donezỹa
- Galician: denociña, delonciña, denunciña
Old Galician-Portuguese: donzela, donçela, donsela
- Galician: doncela, donicela
- Portuguese: donzela
Old Occitan: donçela, donsela
- Catalan: donzella
- → Italian: donzella
  - → English: donzella
- → Middle French: danselle, dansielle, donselle, donzelle
  - French: donzelle
- Occitan: donzèla, donaisèla
Spanish: doncella
- → English: doncella