mariscalcus

Latin

Johannes de Lattre de Tassigny, mariscalcus Franciae.

Alternative forms

• marescalcus, marescaldus, marescallus, mareschalchus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *marhaskalk (“groom”), from *marh (“horse”) +‎ *skalk (“attendant”). Compare siniscalcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/, [märɪs̠ˈkäɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/, [märisˈkälkus]

Noun

mariscalcus m (genitive mariscalcī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. groom (attendant who looks after a horse)
2. marshal (supreme military commander)
3. A high-ranking officer of a royal court.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mariscalcus	mariscalcī
Genitive	mariscalcī	mariscalcōrum
Dative	mariscalcō	mariscalcīs
Accusative	mariscalcum	mariscalcōs
Ablative	mariscalcō	mariscalcīs
Vocative	mariscalce	mariscalcī

Derived terms

• mariscalcia

Descendants

• Old French: mareschal, marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal (see there for further descendants)
• Franco-Provençal: marechâl

  Brionnais: marétsau

  Fribourgeois: martsô

• Italian: maniscalco (possibly mediated through early Gallo-Romance)