morsellum

Latin

Etymology

From morsum (“piece”) +‎ -ellus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔrˈsɛl.lũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [morˈsɛl.lum]

Noun

morsellum n (genitive morsellī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) a small piece

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	morsellum	morsella
genitive	morsellī	morsellōrum
dative	morsellō	morsellīs
accusative	morsellum	morsella
ablative	morsellō	morsellīs
vocative	morsellum	morsella

Related terms

Descendants

Old French: morsel
- Middle French: morceau
  - French: morceau
    - → English: morceau
- Norman: morcé (Jersey, Guernsey)
- → Hungarian: morzsa
- → Middle English: morsel, morcelle, morsell, morselle, morsille, morscel, morssel, mursel, mosselle, mossel, musel, mussel (with assimilation)
  - English: morsel (dialectal mossel, mossle)
  - Middle Scots: morcell, morsall
    - Scots: morsel
  - Yola: mossaale

References

"morsellum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)