vailet

Inherited from Old Catalan vaslet, from *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəjˈlɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəjˈlət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vajˈlet]

vailet m (plural vailets, feminine vaileta, feminine plural vailetes)

1. (archaic) page, squire

   Synonym: patge

2. young boy

   Synonym: noiet

• vassall

• “vailet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007