donzelle

French

Etymology

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”). Compare also Old Occitan donçela.

Noun

donzelle f (plural donzelles)

1. (literary) maiden, damsel

Further reading

• “donzelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

donzelle f pl

1. plural of donzella (“maiden, damsel”)

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”).

Noun

donzelle f (plural donzelles)

1. (Jersey) hussy