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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domneˈd͡zʲɛlla/

Noun

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

1. damsel, maiden

Declension

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

Derived terms

• domicella

Related terms

• domna
• *domnicellus

Descendants

• 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