siniscalcus
Latin
Alternative forms
- senescalcus, sinescalcus, seniscalcus
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *siniskalk (“seneschal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /si.nisˈkal.kus/, [sɪ.nɪsˈkaɫ.kʊs]
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | siniscalcus | siniscalcī |
| Genitive | siniscalcī | siniscalcōrum |
| Dative | siniscalcō | siniscalcīs |
| Accusative | siniscalcum | siniscalcōs |
| Ablative | siniscalcō | siniscalcīs |
| Vocative | siniscalce | siniscalcī |
Descendants
- Old French: seneschal, seneschall
- Middle French: seneschal, senechal
- French: sénéchal
- → Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael
- Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck
- → Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall
- English: seneschal
- Scots: senescall, seneschall
- Middle French: seneschal, senechal
- Italian: siniscalco
- Old Occitan: senescalc
References
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “senescalcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 956
- siniscalcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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