LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

domnicella

*domnicella f (oblique *domnicellam, masculine *domnicellus)

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancefemininereconstructiondamsel, maiden

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dem-
  2. Latindomnicella

Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Latin dominus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin dominicus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Vulgar Latin *dominicella Latin *domnicella From earlier *dominicella, from domina + -ica + -ella, hence a full sense of "the little maidenly (woman)".

Descendants
  • Catalandonzella
  • Catalandamisel·lafrom Old French damoisele
  • Italiandamigellafrom Old French damoisele
  • Frenchdamoisellefrom Old French damoisele
  • Englishdemoisellefrom Old French damoisele
  • Frenchdemoisellefrom Old French damoisele
  • Englishdamselfrom Old French damoisele
  • Spanishdamiselafrom Old French damoisele
  • Portuguesedonzelafrom Old Galician-Portuguese donzela
  • Italiandonzellafrom Old Occitan donçela

In English words that came into English from domnicella

  • damsel*domnicella

Quick answers

What does domnicella mean in Latin?
domnicella, a noun, means “damsel, maiden”.
Where does domnicella come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dem- → Latin domnicella.