mariscalcus
Latin
Alternative forms
- marescalcus, marescaldus, marescallus, mareschalchus
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *marhaskalk (“groom”), from *marh (“horse”) + *skalk (“attendant”). Compare siniscalcus.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ma.rɪsˈkaɫ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ma.risˈkal.kus]
Noun
mariscalcus m (genitive mariscalcī); second declension (Medieval Latin)[2]
- groom (attendant who looks after a horse)
- marshal (supreme military commander)
- A high-ranking officer of a royal court.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mariscalcus | mariscalcī |
| genitive | mariscalcī | mariscalcōrum |
| dative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| accusative | mariscalcum | mariscalcōs |
| ablative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| vocative | mariscalce | mariscalcī |
Derived terms
- mariscalcia
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: marechâl
- Brionnais: marétsau
- Fribourgeois: martsô
- Italian: marescalco, mariscalco, maniscalco, ⇒? mascalzone (possibly through early Gallo-Romance)
- Old French: mareschal, marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*marhskalk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 517
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “mariscalcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 656