damoisele
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested 881 as domnizelle in Sequence of Saint Eulalia, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina.
Pronunciation
Noun
damoisele oblique singular, f (oblique plural damoiseles, nominative singular damoisele, nominative plural damoiseles)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: damisel·la
- → Italian: damigella
- Middle French: dameisele
- French: damoiselle, demoiselle, donzelle
- → Middle English: dameisele
- Norman: d'mouaîselle
- → Old Occitan: damisela
- → Spanish: damisela