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): /domnɪˈkɛlla/

Noun

*domnicella f (oblique *domnicellam, masculine *domnicellus); first declension

1. damsel, maiden

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *domnicella
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*dǫmnẹcę́lla	*dǫmnẹcę́llę
genitive	*dǫmnẹcę́llę	*dǫmnẹcęllárọ
dative	*dǫmnẹcę́llę	*dǫmnẹcę́llis
accusative-ablative	*dǫmnẹcę́llã	*dǫmnẹcę́llas

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
  • Occitan: donzèla, donaisèla
• Spanish: doncella
  • → English: doncella