Where does “ancella” come from?

ancella (Italian) comes from Latin ancilla, from Latin ancula, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ancella (Italian): handmaid, maid

Definitions

  1. handmaid, maid

Ancestry of “ancella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinancillamaid, slave-girl
2Latinanculamaidservant
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →