donzella

English

Noun

donzella (plural donzellas)

  1. (obsolete) A female donzel.

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

donzella f (plural donzelle)

  1. (literary) maiden, damsel
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