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)

(literary) maiden, damsel

Further reading

“donzelle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

donzelle f pl

plural of donzella (“maiden, damsel”)

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)

(Jersey) hussy

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