monticellus

Latin

Etymology

From monticulus (small mountain) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix). Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]

Noun

monticellus m (genitive monticellī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. diminutive of mōns (mountain)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative monticellus monticellī
genitive monticellī monticellōrum
dative monticellō monticellīs
accusative monticellum monticellōs
ablative monticellō monticellīs
vocative monticelle monticellī

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: muncel, munticel, mușcelrare
  • Dalmatian:
  • North Italian:
    • Venetan: montexèƚo
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: monticheddu
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: moncel
      • French: monceau
      • Sicilian: munseddu, munzieddu (Calabria)
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120

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