Morpheme
Donz
Type
bound base
Denotation
young nobleperson
Etymology
Old French danzel and Italian donzello; Medieval Latin domicellus, from domnicellus; Latin dominicellus, from dominus + -icus + -ellus, from rebracketing of diminutives (e.g. libellus from liber + -lus, fēmella from fēmina + -la) and diminutives of diminutives (porcellus from porculus + -lus), variant of -ulus
Evidence
donzel, donzella, donzellas, donzels
Notes
donzella, doncella, damsel, and demoiselle are doublets
