valet

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*wastos“servant”
2. Gaulish · derived from*wassos“young man, squire”
3. Late Latin · derived fromvassallus“manservant, domestic, retainer”
4. Medieval Latin · derived from*vassellittus
5. Old French · derived fromvaslet
6. Middle French · borrowed fromvalet
7. English todayvalet

Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.

Words from the same roots