noun · femininefirst declension
fēmella
fēmella f (genitive fēmellae)
Classical[feːˈmɛl.la]Ecclesiastical[feˈmɛl.la]
Meaning
- girl, young woman
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fēmella foemella | fēmellae foemellae |
| genitive | fēmellae foemellae | fēmellārum foemellārum |
| dative | fēmellae foemellae | fēmellīs foemellīs |
| accusative | fēmellam foemellam | fēmellās foemellās |
| ablative | fēmellā foemellā | fēmellīs foemellīs |
| vocative | fēmella foemella | fēmellae foemellae |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fēmella ae, f dim.
femina, a young female, girl , Ct.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin femella From fēmina + -lus.
Descendants
- Catalanfemella
- Frenchfemellefrom Old French femele
- Romanianfemelăfrom Old French femele
- Frenchfumellefrom Old French femele
- Englishfemalefrom Old French femele
- Franco-Provençalfemèla
- Scotsfemalefrom Old French femele
- Languedocienfemèlafrom Norman feunmelle
- Limousinfemelafrom Norman feunmelle
- Gasconhémiafrom Norman feunmelle
In English words that came into English from fēmella
- femalefēmella