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damsel

/ˈdæmzəl/DAM-zuhl
/ˈdæmzəl/DAM-zuhl

Meaninga lord

Common meaning: a young woman

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAM‘tame’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 150, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindominus‘a lord’source
  3. Late Latindomicellussource
  4. Old Frenchdamoiselesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa lord → a young womandamsel‘a young woman’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin dominus ‘a lord’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry dominus, p. 151 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DAMSEL, p. 151 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • dominus Latin “master of a house, lord”

Related words

domaindominantdominiondomino

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