The story
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*domnicella
- Old Occitan · derived fromdonçela
- Italian · borrowed fromdonzella
- English todaydonzella
From Italian donzella, from Old Occitan donçela, donsela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella. Compare donzel. Doublet of damsel, demoiselle, and doncella.
Words from the same roots
Vulgar Latin*domnicella all →
damsel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.