Masculine

vailet

Meaning

  1. (archaic, masculine) page, squire
  2. (masculine) young boy

Concepts

male child

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[bəjˈlɛt]
Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vaslet, from *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”).

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