Donz

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

Evidence

donzel, donzella, donzellas, donzels

Notes

donzella, doncella, damsel, and demoiselle are doublets

See Also

Dame, Donna, Dams, Demois, Donc, Domine, Dominie, Dom, Don