bordellum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from borda (“cottage, hut”) +‎ -ellus, from Frankish *bord (“board”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /borˈdel.lum/, [bɔrˈd̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /borˈdel.lum/, [borˈd̪ɛlːum]

Noun

bordellum n (genitive bordellī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) brothel
2. (Medieval Latin) little hut

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bordellum	bordella
genitive	bordellī	bordellōrum
dative	bordellō	bordellīs
accusative	bordellum	bordella
ablative	bordellō	bordellīs
vocative	bordellum	bordella

Descendants

• Old French: bordeal, bordel
  • Middle French: bordel
    • French: bordel (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: bordé
  • Walloon: bordê
  • → Dutch: bordeel
    • Afrikaans: bordeel
  • → Middle English: bordel, bordell, bordal
    • English: bordel
• Italian: bordello
  • → English: bordello
    • → Albanian: bordello
  • → Finnish: bordelli
  • → Hungarian: bordély
• Old Occitan: bordell
  • Occitan: bordell
  • Catalan: bordell
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: bordel
      • Galician: bordel
      • Portuguese: bordel
    • → Spanish: burdel
• Sicilian: burdellu