Where does “ancele” come from?

ancele (Old French) 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.

ancele (Old French): maiden; unmarried woman; maid, servant girl; nun

Definitions

  1. maiden; unmarried woman; maid, servant girl; nun

Ancestry of “ancele”, 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

Words derived from “ancele”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin ancula →