vallettus

Latin

Etymology

From Old French vaslet or Old French vasselet, from vassallus (“vassal”) +‎ -ettus, diminutive of vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯alˈlet.tus/, [u̯älˈlʲɛt̪ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /valˈlet.tus/, [välˈlɛt̪ːus]

Noun

vallettus m (genitive vallettī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) squire, armiger, scutifer
2. (Medieval Latin) servant
3. (Medieval Latin) valet

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vallettus	vallettī
genitive	vallettī	vallettōrum
dative	vallettō	vallettīs
accusative	vallettum	vallettōs
ablative	vallettō	vallettīs
vocative	vallette	vallettī

Descendants

• English: valet
• Italian: valletto
• Spanish: valleto