Etymology of the English word damoiselle
the English word
damoisellederived from the Old French word
damoisellederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*dominicelladerived from the Vulgar Latin word
domina (mistress of a family, wife; lady)
derived from the Latin word
dominus (owner, lord, master)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dem- (house)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
