damsel

Significado (Inglés)

  1. A young woman (of noble birth).
  2. A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
  3. A young woman who is not married.
  4. An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
  5. A chattering damsel (component of a mill).

Frecuencia

C2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈdæm.zəl/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.

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